Complications
Conditions:
- erythema - peaks at 3 weeks, lasts till 7 weeks
- desquamation - occurring at 4 to 6 weeks, heals if aseptic
- dusky mauve erythema, ischaemia with necrosis - 10 to 16 weeks, irreversible, dermal structure destroyed, infected. A small area may heal with invasive fibrosis, but otherwise grafting is needed.
- similar problems in lungs - radiation pneumonitis - 3 to 6 months, 12 months fibrosis
- radiation enteritis
- radiation myelopathy
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