Radiation recall dermatitis: Case report and review of the literature

Abstract

"Radiation recall" - also called "radiation recall dermatitis" - has been defined as the "recalling" by skin of previous radiation exposure in response to the administration of certain response-inducing drugs. Although the phenomenon is relatively well known in the medical world, an exact cause has not been documented. Here, we report a rare occurrence of the radiation recall phenomenon in a breast cancer patient after palliative radiotherapy for bone, brain, and orbital metastases. Copyright © 2008 Multimed Inc.