Fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiation dermatitis masquerading as morphea: A diagnostic pitfall
Chronic radiodermatitis is a rare complication of fluoroscopy-guided procedures. The diagnosis of fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiation dermatitis is challenging because of its rarity, late insidious onset, and close clinicopathological resemblance to morphea. We report two cases of fluoroscopy-indu...
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| author | Meenakshi Batrani Asha Kubba Joseph Sundharam |
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| description | Chronic radiodermatitis is a rare complication of fluoroscopy-guided procedures. The diagnosis of fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiation dermatitis is challenging because of its rarity, late insidious onset, and close clinicopathological resemblance to morphea. We report two cases of fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiodermatitis following cardiac procedures to highlight the clinicopathological features. The diagnosis relies on recognizing the characteristic clinical presentation of well-demarcated, rectangular- or square-shaped indurated plaque with depigmentation, telangiectasia, and ulceration located on the scapula, back, or axilla; supported by the histological identification of radiation fibroblasts in a sclerotic dermis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-918516e8104146d285f15b60faeb21dd2022-12-21T20:15:08ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology0377-49292018-01-0161339339610.4103/IJPM.IJPM_566_17Fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiation dermatitis masquerading as morphea: A diagnostic pitfallMeenakshi BatraniAsha KubbaJoseph SundharamChronic radiodermatitis is a rare complication of fluoroscopy-guided procedures. The diagnosis of fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiation dermatitis is challenging because of its rarity, late insidious onset, and close clinicopathological resemblance to morphea. We report two cases of fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiodermatitis following cardiac procedures to highlight the clinicopathological features. The diagnosis relies on recognizing the characteristic clinical presentation of well-demarcated, rectangular- or square-shaped indurated plaque with depigmentation, telangiectasia, and ulceration located on the scapula, back, or axilla; supported by the histological identification of radiation fibroblasts in a sclerotic dermis.http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2018;volume=61;issue=3;spage=393;epage=396;aulast=BatraniFluoroscopyradiation dermatitisradiodermatitis |
| spellingShingle | Meenakshi Batrani Asha Kubba Joseph Sundharam Fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiation dermatitis masquerading as morphea: A diagnostic pitfall Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology Fluoroscopy radiation dermatitis radiodermatitis |
| title | Fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiation dermatitis masquerading as morphea: A diagnostic pitfall |
| title_full | Fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiation dermatitis masquerading as morphea: A diagnostic pitfall |
| title_fullStr | Fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiation dermatitis masquerading as morphea: A diagnostic pitfall |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiation dermatitis masquerading as morphea: A diagnostic pitfall |
| title_short | Fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiation dermatitis masquerading as morphea: A diagnostic pitfall |
| title_sort | fluoroscopy induced chronic radiation dermatitis masquerading as morphea a diagnostic pitfall |
| topic | Fluoroscopy radiation dermatitis radiodermatitis |
| url | http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2018;volume=61;issue=3;spage=393;epage=396;aulast=Batrani |
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