Figure 2
Keywords: Histopathology-image, Pathology, Radiation dermatitis
Chronic radiation dermatitis shows dermal sclerosis, elastosis and vascular ectasia overlying an epidermis which is often hyperkeratotic (figure 1). There may be epidermal spongiosis or impressive basal vacuolar change (figure 2). The dermal vessels are typically quite dilated in later stages (figure 3). Both the stroma fibroblasts and endothelial cells may show some hyperchromasia, enlargement and atypia (radiation fibroblasts, figure 3). There is often a mixed inflammatory response.
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