Favre-Racouchot syndrome associated with radiation therapy.
A 56-year-old woman developed Favre-Racouchot syndrome involving her face and scalp primarily at the sites of x-ray irradiation for therapy of an astrocytoma. The patient had not had comedones prior to radiotherapy and did not have a history of excessive sun exposure. The patient showed an excellent response to topical retinoic acid gel. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of Favre-Racouchot syndrome developing after radiation therapy to be reported in the literature; its pathogenesis is discussed in this paper.
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011855:Radiodermatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology*