Complications following radiation therapy to the head.
A case is presented in which a child who received therapeutic radiation as part of his treatment regimen for rhabdomyosarcoma of the infratemporal and parapharyngeal region demonstrated undesirable sequelae in the dentition and the mandible.
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Krejmas
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Krolls
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D000016:Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000209:etiology; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000528:radiation effects; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013701:Temporal Bone; D014071:Tooth Abnormalities / Q000209:etiology*