Table 1

Patients with chronic radiodermatitis following cardiac catheterisation

Patient sex/age (years)	Cardiac investigations	Time of onset (years)	Clinical features	Location of skin lesion	Prior acute reaction	Target vessels	Histopathological findings
Present report
M/71	2 consecutive angio	2	8×5 cm pigmented telangiectatic plaque with central induration	Below right axilla	No	RCA	Dermal fibrosis, ectatic blood vessels
M/62	1 angio	1	10×10 cm atrophic pigmented plaque with secondary central ulceration		Right subscapular		Yes	RCA	Epidermal ulceration, disorganisation of basal keratinocytes with atypical nuclei, dermal and hypodermal fibrosis
	1 PTCA				Right subscapular		Yes	RCA
Patient series from Lichtenstein et al ⁶
M/56	9 angio or	10	2.5×1.5 cm atrophic telangiectatic plaque with central induration		Below right axilla		Yes	RCA, LAD, OM	Epidermal degeneration, dermal fibrosis, ectatic blood vessels
	PTCA				Below right axilla		Yes	RCA, LAD, OM
M/80	1 angio	3	2×2 cm atrophic poikilodermic and ulcerated plaque		Right subscapular		Yes	Cx, LAD	Epidermal ulceration, dermal fibrosis and fatty necrosis, ectatic blood vessels
	4 PTCA		2×2 cm atrophic poikilodermic and ulcerated plaque		Right subscapular		Yes	Cx, LAD
M/67	2 angio	2	2.5×2.5 cm atrophic telangiectatic and indurated plaque		Left subscapular		No	LAD	No biopsy
	1 PTCA		2.5×2.5 cm atrophic telangiectatic and indurated plaque		Left subscapular		No	LAD	No biopsy
M/66	2 angio	2.5	7.5×3.5 cm atrophic poikilodermic plaque		Below right axilla		No	RCA, LAD	Epidermal degeneration dermal fibrosis, ectatic blood vessels
	2 PTCA		7.5×3.5 cm atrophic poikilodermic plaque		Below right axilla		No	RCA, LAD

Angio, diagnostic coronary angiogram; Cx, left circumflex artery; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; OM, obtuse marginal branch; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; RCA, right coronary artery.