Radiotherapy for chemodectoma of the carotid body and ganglion nodosum

✍ Scribed by Dr. Fernando Guedea; Dr. William M. Mendenhall; James T. Parsons; Rodney R. Million

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 950 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1043-3074
• DOI: 10.1002/hed.2880130606

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Chemodectomas of the carotid body and of the glomus vagale are uncommon tumors of the head and neck. Between 1981 and 1986, 6 patients with advanced chemodectomas of either the carotid body (5 patients) or the glomus vagale (1 patient) were treated with radiotherapy at the University of Florida. Tumors were bilateral in 2 patients. Five patients have had no evidence of disease progression for 5, 5.5, 7, 7, and 8.5 years following irradiation. One of the 5 patients experienced complete regression, 2 noted partial regression, and 2 remained stable (without progression). One patient, who had received 2 prior operations and a course of irradiation at another institution, died of locally recurrent disease 5 years after re‐irradiation at the University of Florida. No patient experienced a significant complication secondary to irradiation.