SARCOMA OF CHEEK FOLLOWING TRICHO X-RAY TREATMENT FOR HAIR ON FACE

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The early enthusiasm that attended the discovery of the x-rays gave rise to their employment by methods that bore no regard to inherent physical and biologic factors associated with this form of energy. This disregard of these biologic factors led to many unfortunate reactions and sequelae both on the person of the x-ray operator himself and on the patient. Marcuse in 1896, according to Ewing,1made the first formal report of this condition, and Kienbock, cited by Ewing, in 1900 described in detail this x-ray dermatitis. Among the biologic reactions early recognized was that the x-rays caused epilation. It was found that this agent, when properly employed and applied only within certain fixed limits established by physical and biologic measurements, produced this epilatory result without destructive effect on the tissues to which x-rays are administered. The early advocates of x-rays suggested their use as a panacea for many skin

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