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- Title
Severe radiation therapy-related soft tissue toxicity in a patient with porphyria cutanea tarda: a literature review.
- Authors
Gunn, G Brandon; Anderson, Karl E; Patel, Abhilasha J; Gallegos, Juan; Hallberg, Csilla Kormos; Sood, Gagan; Hatch, Sandra S; Sanguineti, Giuseppe
- Abstract
Some porphyrias are associated with cutaneous phototoxicity due to photoactivation of porphyrins, but whether ionizing radiation can have an additive effect is not clear. We report a case of severe radiation therapy-related toxicity in a patient with porphyria cutanea tarda and review the literature.
- Publication
Head & neck, 2010, Vol 32, Issue 8, p1112
- ISSN
1097-0347
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1002/hed.21161