Response of lymphangiectasis to radiotherapy
โ Scribed by Elizabeth Kurczynski; Samuel J. Horwitz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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โฆ Synopsis
A 14-year-old girl with lymphangiectasis of the skull causing rapid extensive destruction of the left orbit, zygoma, mandible, sphenoid, and occiput underwent radiotherapy with 2000 rad to the entire skull, mandible, and upper cervical vertebrae. Three years later, progression of the disease has ceased, and the involved bone is slowly remineralizing.
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