[Uncommon dermatologic disorders triggered by radiation therapy of breast cancer: A case-series].

Abstract

Radiotherapy's main skin toxicities are now well-separated, acute (acute radiation dermatitis) or chronic complications (chronic radiation dermatitis, induced cutaneous carcinoma, aesthetic sequelae). Exceptionally, radiotherapy may induce, by isomorphic reaction or Koebner's phenomenon, some specific dermatosis. In this article, we report five new observations of these unusual complications of radiation therapy, occurring in very variable time after breast irradiation and remaining strictly localized in the irradiated field (cutaneous mastocytosis, Sweet syndrome, lichen planus, vitiligo). These cases emphasize the need to realize a systematic histological exam if any atypical skin lesion appears after radiotherapy, even long after.

• Authors: C Dalmasso, É Tournier, B de Lafontan, A Modesto, F Dalenc, É Chantalat, L Gladieff, E Jouve, C Livideanu, F Izar, V Sibaud
• Journal: Cancer radiotherapie : journal de la Societe francaise de radiotherapie oncologique (Cancer Radiother) Vol. 21 Issue 3 Pg. 216-221 (May 2017) ISSN: 1769-6658 [Electronic] France
• Vernacular Title: Dermatoses réactionnelles rares après radiothérapie : une série de cas avec cancer du sein.
• PMID: 28461029 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2017 Société française de radiothérapie oncologique (SFRO). Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Breast Neoplasms (radiotherapy)
• Female
• Humans
• Radiation Injuries (etiology)
• Skin Diseases (etiology)