Kimura's Disease of the Orbit Successfully Treated with Radiotherapy Alone: A Case Report

We performed radiotherapy in a 28-year-old patient with Kimura's disease of the orbit. Irradiation with 21.6 Gy was administered to the tumor bed with a single dose of 1.8 Gy in 5 weekly fractions delivered via a high-energy linear accelerator (6-MV X-ray). Complete remission of the tumor and i...

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Autores principales: Monzen, Yoshio, Kiya, Katsuzo, Nishisaka, Takashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2014
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Published online: March, 2014
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3985780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24748872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000360789
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Sumario:We performed radiotherapy in a 28-year-old patient with Kimura's disease of the orbit. Irradiation with 21.6 Gy was administered to the tumor bed with a single dose of 1.8 Gy in 5 weekly fractions delivered via a high-energy linear accelerator (6-MV X-ray). Complete remission of the tumor and improvements in the neurological findings were achieved. Neither tumor regrowth nor late complications were detected up to 84 months after radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is an effective treatment for Kimura's disease of the orbit.

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