The use of ultraviolet light in the treatment of telangiectases produced by radiotherapy was discussed by Hazen1 in 1922, but almost nothing else has appeared in the literature regarding the details of this method of treatment. It seems, therefore, of some value to report my own experiences in a case of chronic radiodermatitis in which I have had the patient under treatment and observation for the past four and one-half years.
REPORT OF CASE
A young woman, a school teacher, had a cervical adenitis, undoubtedly tuberculous, at the age of 13, with sinuses which persisted for five years. In 1913, 1914 and 1915, she had a long series, or rather several series, of roentgenray treatments, both unfiltered and filtered. The inflammation of the glands disappeared, and in 1920 she came under observation for her present condition. At this time she presented a large area of telangiectases and atrophy involving