Radiation induced osteogenic sarcoma of the maxilla

BACKGROUND: Radiation induced sarcoma arise as a long term complication of radiation treatment for other benign or malignant conditions. They are of very rare occurrence in jaw bones and are even rarer in maxilla. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report a case of radiation induced sarcoma in a patient tre...

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Autores principales: Prakash, Om, Varghese, Bipin T, Mathews, Anita, Nayak, Nileema, Ramchandran, Krishnankutty, Pandey, Manoj
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1199630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16042767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-3-49
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Radiation induced sarcoma arise as a long term complication of radiation treatment for other benign or malignant conditions. They are of very rare occurrence in jaw bones and are even rarer in maxilla. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report a case of radiation induced sarcoma in a patient treated for squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa with radiation who developed osteosarcoma of maxillary bone after six years. The patient was treated successfully with surgery. CONCLUSION: What should be the best treatment of radiation induced sarcoma is still debatable; however, surgery offers the best chance of cure. Role of reradiation and adjuvant chemotherapy needs to be further evaluated.

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