Generalized Morphea after Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy
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Generalized Morphea after Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy
We present a case of a 69-year-old woman who received external beam radiation for the treatment of breast cancer. Seven months later, she developed generalized morphea involving the area of irradiated skin of the breast as well as distant sites of the groin and distal lower extremity. Postirradiation morphea is an uncommon yet well-documented phenomenon, usually confined to the radiated site an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Rheumatology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2090-6889,2090-6897
DOI: 10.1155/2011/951948