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Oral pilocarpine improves radiotherapy-induced dry eyes
S Kumar1, A B Tyler, S Phillips
1Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, UK.
Clinical Oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
We report a patient with angiosarcoma of the scalp, who was treated with radiotherapy that included both orbits. Following treatment, he developed dry eyes, which improved with oral pilocarpine. Although this drug is used to stimulate salivary flow in patients with radiotherapy-induced xerostomia, it has not been reported before as a treatment for dry eyes following radiotherapy.