Lessons from two cases of radiation induced skin injuries in fluoroscopic procedures in Bulgaria
Background: Radiation-induced injuries to patient skin as a result of fluoroscopy guided
interventional procedures are infrequently reported, often misdiagnosed and there is a need to learn
lessons from every injury. Methods: This paper describes two cases of radiation induced skin
injuries that are, to the best of our knowledge, the first ever reported cases from Bulgaria and
possibly from Eastern Europe, and would thus have educational value. Results: The important messages
from the skin injuries reported here are: lack of awareness among part of the interventional
specialists about the potential for radiation induced skin injury, misdiagnosis after injury
happened because of lack of awareness and knowledge among general physicians, dermatologists and
surgeons who followed up cases of skin injuries; the lack of system to monitor patients with
relatively high exposure; the important role played by the medical physicist in diagnosing the
injury and overall ...
Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - Category: Physics Authors: D Kostova-Lefterova, J Vassileva and M M Rehani Source Type: research
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