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Published on: October 18, 2011
Permanent alopecia following cranial irradiation in a child
Hind Al-Mohanna1, Sultan Al-Khenaizan
1Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
|May 22, 2010
Abstract
Background:
Cranial irradiation is commonly used in childhood leukemia, with many potential cutaneous adverse effects. Radiation-induced permanent alopecia owing to scalp fibrosis is a rare but disturbing side effect.
Objective And Conclusion:
Here we report a Saudi boy with acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia who developed radiation-induced cicatricial alopecia. Topical treatment using minoxidil solution was tried but was ineffective.
