Basal cell carcinoma after treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and concise review of the literature

Sule Unal; Mualla Cetin; Fatma Gumruk

doi:10.1111/pde.12559

Basal cell carcinoma after treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and concise review of the literature

Pediatr Dermatol. 2015 May-Jun;32(3):e82-5. doi: 10.1111/pde.12559. Epub 2015 Mar 17.

Authors

Sule Unal¹, Mualla Cetin¹, Fatma Gumruk¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Hematology, Hacettepe University, Sıhhiye, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 25781207
DOI: 10.1111/pde.12559

Abstract

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a rare secondary malignancy which may occur more often in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who have previously received radiation therapy compared to to those who received no radiation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Biopsy
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / etiology*
Child
Female
Humans
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / diagnosis*
Neoplasms, Second Primary
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / radiotherapy*
Scalp
Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
Skin Neoplasms / etiology*