Radiation necrosis overlying the ankle joint after injection with yttrium-90.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 35-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis presented with radiation necrosis and an open wound overlying her ankle joint, 8 months after injection with yttrium-90 to facilitate radiosynovectomy. This problem was successfully treated by surgical excision of the area of radiation damage and closure with a fasciocutaneous flap.
Medical subject headings
- Ankle
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Brachytherapy
- Radiodermatitis
- Yttrium Radioisotopes