Cutaneous radiation necrosis as a complication of yttrium-90 synovectomy |
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Authors: | Sojan Sally Bartholomeusz Dylan |
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Institution: | Nuclear Medicine Department,Royal Adelaide Hospital,North Terrace, SA 5000, Australia. sallysojan@hotmail.com |
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Abstract: | Radiation synovectomy is an effective method of treatment of chronic synovitis in patients with conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, haemophilic synovitis and pigmented villonodular synovitis. This case demonstrates one of the potential complications of this procedure in a 46 year old man treated with bilateral radiation synovectomy for haemophilic synovitis. Cutaneous radiation necrosis is a known but rare complication of this procedure and this case is reported to demonstrate this known complication and to highlight that appropriate technique is required to avoid this. |
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