TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple complications due to osteoradionecrosis in a patient with thromboangiitis obliterans
AU - Barkhuysen, Richard
AU - Janssens, Geert O.R.J.
AU - de Wilde, Peter C.M.
AU - Merkx, Matthias A.W.
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - A case is presented of a patient with thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) who developed severe necrosis of the intraoral soft tissues and maxillary and mandibular bone after radiotherapy for a cT2N0M0 squamous cell carcinoma of the soft palate. Multiple surgical procedures including partial resection of the mandible and maxilla and reconstruction of intraoral and extraoral defects with a pectoralis major myocutaneous flap and anterolateral thigh flap were performed with partial success. Although a causal relationship between TAO and the described complications cannot be verified, close monitoring of patients with TAO who are being treated with radiotherapy is advised.
AB - A case is presented of a patient with thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) who developed severe necrosis of the intraoral soft tissues and maxillary and mandibular bone after radiotherapy for a cT2N0M0 squamous cell carcinoma of the soft palate. Multiple surgical procedures including partial resection of the mandible and maxilla and reconstruction of intraoral and extraoral defects with a pectoralis major myocutaneous flap and anterolateral thigh flap were performed with partial success. Although a causal relationship between TAO and the described complications cannot be verified, close monitoring of patients with TAO who are being treated with radiotherapy is advised.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tripleo.2007.01.034
DO - 10.1016/j.tripleo.2007.01.034
M3 - Article
C2 - 17507263
AN - SCOPUS:34250178020
SN - 1079-2104
VL - 104
SP - e34-e37
JO - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology
JF - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology
IS - 1
ER -