The successful use of radiotherapy for osteoblastoma.

Abstract

We report a case of osteoblastoma arising in the petrous temporal bone of a 16-year-old boy. Attempts at surgical resection were unsuccessful. The patient was treated with radiotherapy and is now well 10 years later. A review of the literature indicates that radiotherapy has been used rarely for this tumour and some have felt it to be detrimental. Our report illustrates a case where planned radiotherapy has been successful when full surgical resection had not been possible.

• Authors: J M Singer, G P Deutsch
• Journal: Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) (Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol)) Vol. 5 Issue 2 Pg. 124-5 ( 1993) ISSN: 0936-6555 [Print] England
• PMID: 8481362 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Humans
• Male
• Osteoma, Osteoid (radiotherapy)
• Skull Neoplasms (radiotherapy)
• Temporal Bone