Abstract | BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: METHODS: Between Jul. 2006 and Mar. 2007, 20 NPC patients with irradiation-related nasopharyngeal necrosis after radiotherapy were treated with endoscopy-guided debridement and systemic anti-inflammatory treatment in Cancer Center of Sun Yat-sen University. The short-term outcomes were analyzed. RESULTES: Nasopharyngeal necrosis was cured in 5 patients. Clinical symptoms such as foul odor, headache, and hemorrhage were alleviated in 12 patients. Three patients died of nasopharyngeal massive hemorrhage within 1 year although their clinical symptoms were alleviated. CONCLUSION: Endoscopy-guided debridement is effective in treating irradiation-related nasopharyngeal necrosis, but the prognosis of the NPC patients with severe nasopharyngeal necrosis and internal carotid artery involvement is relatively poor.
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Authors | Yi-Jun Hua, Ming-Yuan Chen, Ming-Huang Hong, Chong Zhao, Ling Guo, Fei Han, Wei Luo, Rui Sun, Yuan-Yuan Chen, Hui Liu |
Journal | Ai zheng = Aizheng = Chinese journal of cancer
(Ai Zheng)
Vol. 27
Issue 7
Pg. 729-33
(Jul 2008)
China |
PMID | 18606066
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Debridement
(methods)
- Endoscopy
- Female
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
(pathology, radiotherapy)
- Nasopharynx
(pathology, radiation effects)
- Necrosis
- Radiotherapy
(adverse effects)
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