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Thorium X treatment: multiple basal cell carcinomas within a port‐wine stain
Author(s) -
Natkunarajah J.,
Cliff S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03012.x
Subject(s) - thorium , port wine stain , chemistry , medicine , nuclear medicine , radiochemistry , materials science , metallurgy , physics , optics , uranium , laser
Summary Thorium X is an ionizing radiation treatment that was commonly used by dermatologists in the 1930 s to 1950 s to treat a variety of benign dermatoses and vascular lesions including port‐wine stains. By the 1960 s, thorium X was discontinued due to poor clinical results and the carcinogenic potential. We report a 64‐year‐old man with a history of multiple basal cell carcinomas in a facial port wine stain, which had previously been treated with thorium X.