Radiation port wart: a distinct cutaneous lesion after radiotherapy.
LABELED BACKGROUND: Radiotherapy may cause common cutaneous side effects such as acute and chronic radiodermatitis and also rare skin conditions.


METHODS
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 completion of the treatment. A relapse of the breast cancer and/or seborrheic keratosis was ruled out by histological confirmation of verruca vulgaris.


CONCLUSIONS
We report the first case of verruca vulgaris associated with radiation treatment. Radiotherapists and dermatologists should be aware of this possibility and be able to differentiate it from other skin lesions associated with irradiation.
Genc
Mine
M
Department of Radiation Oncology, Selcuk University, Meram Medical Faculty, Akyokus, Konya, Turkey. minegenc@yahoo.com
Yavuz
Melek
M
Cimsit
Gülseren
G
Cobanoglu
Omit
O
Yavuz
Aydin
A
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D011830:Radiation Effects; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014860:Warts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy