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| − | ===Radiation damage=== | + | ===[[Radiation Damage]]=== |
| − | *Cells sensitive to radiation include [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|anagen]] hair follicles, germinal basal cells, melanocytes and endothelial cells
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| − | *Early changes:
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| − | **Erythema, epidermal blisters and oedema, erosions and ulceration
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| − | **Healed by scarring, hyperpigmentation with lower doses and hypopigmentation with higher doses
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| − | **Temporary or permanent alopecia
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| − | *Chronic changes:
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| − | **Scarring, altered pigmentation, alopecia
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| − | **Epidermal and adnexal atrophy
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| − | **Degeneration of vascular and elastic tissue
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| − | **Fibrosis of dermal and subcutaneous tissue
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| − | **Ulceration
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| − | **In severe damage, squamous cell carcinoma may develop
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| − | [[Category:Integumentary System - Physical Damage]]
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