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LABELED BACKGROUND: Radiotherapy may cause common cutaneous side effects such as acute and chronic radiodermatitis and also rare skin conditions.
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A 42-year-old woman who received radiotherapy for invasive breast carcinoma developed multiple, scaly, rough papules and nodules restricted to treatment fields six months after...
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... patient gave no history of previous skin prob- lems or family history of skin disease, and no mucosal involvement was found. Clinical examination revealed painless, firm, irregular, scaly rough-surfaced, light brown or grayish-black papules and nodules measured 1-7 mm in diameter (Figure 2). The irradiated skin, including the lesions, was mildly hyperpigmented. ...
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... Radiation port wart or verruca vulgaris as described by Genc et al. [9] may resemble closely to seborrheic keratosis. The lesions in the reported case appeared 6 months after the radiotherapy. ...
... The lesions in the reported case appeared 6 months after the radiotherapy. They were multiple and were spread all along the irradiated skin surface [9]. This was different from our case where history of mastectomy and radiotherapy was not there and the lesion was single. ...
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This chapter describes four main categories of late dermatologic conditions that can be seen in cancer patients: secondary neoplasms, cutaneous metastasis, radiation effects, and scars. Secondary skin neoplasms occur in areas of prior radiation therapy; in the setting of chronic immunosuppression; and in association with particular therapeutic agents. Cutaneous metastases (CM) of internal malignancies can occur in up to 10.4% of patients. In a large majority of cases, CM develop as an evolution of the primary tumor. The late cutaneous adverse effects (AEs) from radiotherapy often appear months to years after completion of treatment, and are a result of normal tissue injury after cancer therapy. The prevention and treatment of radiation-induced skin injury is best provided in a multidisciplinary format, involving dermatology, radiation oncology, and wound care specialists. Surgical procedures are a mainstay of cancer therapy, for diagnostic biopsies, tumor removal, and placement of devices for the administration of therapy.
