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Acta Chir Belg
; 121(5): 370-371, 2021 Oct.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34427171
RESUMO
BACKGROUND: The late adverse effects of radiotherapy are caused by microvascular injury or depletion of differentiated cells. METHODS: Here we describe a clinical case of a late and unusual complication related to radiotherapy, in a patient with a history of squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal. RESULTS: The patient presented with a large perianal vegetating lesion suspicious of local recurrence, however the biopsy of the lesion did not show malignancy. CONCLUSION: Fortunately, all is not as it seems, and what appeared as a suspected relapse turned out to be a benign reactive lesion, consequence of radiotherapy.