Morphea following surgery and radiotherapy: An evolving problem

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1099-1101

  Mosterd, K ^a   Winnepenninckx, V ^a   Vermeulen, A ^a   Van Neer, P A F A ^b   Van Neer, F J M A ^a,b   Frank, J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LAURENTIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COSMETIC; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PSORALEN; RETINOIC ACID; STEROID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BREAST FIBROSIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; CARCINOMATOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DERMIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LETTER; MASTALGIA; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; MORPHEA; OBSERVATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 68749114340     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03097.x     Document Type: Letter

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