Postirradiation angiosarcoma

Author: STONE, N.M.1

Source: Clinical & Experimental Dermatology, Volume 22, Number 1, January 1997 , pp. 46-47(2)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

We describe a patient with angiosarcoma of the scalp arising in an area of radiodermatitis caused by X-ray epilation therapy for scalp ringworm as a child. Radiotherapy has been well documented as a causative factor in the formation of cutaneous malignancies, most notably basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma, but only rarely angiosarcoma. This is now the first reported case of angiosarcoma arising after X-ray epilation therapy for scalp ringworm, and we postulate a causative link between the two events.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1997.2050612.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Dermatology, St Helier Hospital, Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, Surrey, UK

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