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Plasma cell infiltration of the upper aerodigestive tract treated with radiation therapy
1Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, St Andrews Place, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. fogartygerald@petermac.unimelb.edu.au
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|January 10, 2002
Abstract:
A case of chronic, fluctuating plasma cell gingivostomatitis that progressed despite chemotherapy and surgery is reported. This is the first case reported of treatment with radiation therapy, and one of the few cases reported where the infiltrate has reached the larynx. After receiving low dose radiation therapy, via a conformal technique encompassing the respiratory mucosal lining from the base of tongue to carina, there has been symptomatic improvement.