Case Report
Report of a Case of Radiation-Induced New-Onset Vitiligo with Collective Review of Cases in the Literature of Radiation-Related Vitiligo
Table 1
Summary of cases of vitiligo following radiotherapy reported in the literature.
| Sr. no. | Author | Number of cases | Cancer for which radiation was given | Preexisting vitiligo | Chemotherapy | Time to hypopigmentation after completion of radiotherapy (months) | Reference |
| (1) |
Pajonk et al. | 1 | Hodgkin’s disease | Yes | N/A | N/A | [6] | (2) | Polat et al. | 1 | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma | No | Cisplatin (concurrent) | 2 | [7] | (3) |
Levine and Ribeiro | 2 | Breast cancer | Yes | N/A | N/A | [8] | (4) | Koo et al. |
2 | Breast cancer | Yes | Yes (details N/A) | 7 |
[9] | Breast cancer | Yes | Yes (details N/A) | 8 | (5) | Weitzen et al. | 1 | Breast cancer | Yes | Yes (Anthracycline based) | 2 | [10] | (6) | Roth | 1 | Melanoma | N/A | N/A | N/A | [11] | (7) | Munshi et al. | 1 | Breast cancer | Yes | Yes | 6 | [4] | (8) | Kim et al. | 1 | Thymoma | No | No | 3 | [12] | (9) | The authors | 1 | Breast cancer | No | Yes | 9 | N/A |
Total cases including authors’ single case | 11 | Breast cancer: 7 Other cancers: 4 | Preexisting vitiligo: 7 None: 4 | Chemo-experienced: 7 Not available: 4 |
Median time to develop vitiligo at radiation site: 6 months () |
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