Multiple eccrine poromas arising in chronic radiation dermatitis

K Ullah; E Pichler; P Fritsch

Multiple eccrine poromas arising in chronic radiation dermatitis

Acta Derm Venereol. 1989;69(1):70-3.

Authors

K Ullah¹, E Pichler, P Fritsch

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

PMID: 2563613

Abstract

A 70-year-old white man developed 7 eccrine poromas in an area of chronic radiation dermatitis of his right lower extremity over a period of 37 years. To our knowledge, multiple eccrine poromas unequivocally linked to chronic X-ray damage are hitherto unreported.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenoma, Sweat Gland / etiology
Adenoma, Sweat Gland / pathology*
Aged
Chronic Disease
Eczema / radiotherapy
Humans
Leg
Male
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / etiology
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / pathology*
Osteomyelitis / radiotherapy
Radiodermatitis / complications
Radiodermatitis / pathology*
Radiotherapy / adverse effects
Sweat Gland Neoplasms / etiology
Sweat Gland Neoplasms / pathology*