Mandibular sarcoma as a second neoplasm following radiotherapy for a nasopharyngeal carcinoma in childhood (case report).
We report an unusual case of mandibular sarcoma which developed in the field of irradiation of a patient treated successfully 10 years previously for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NC). Although second malignant neoplasms are not rare among survivors of childhood cancer, this event is not included among the type of failures and complications of treatment of NC occurring either in children.
D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000209:etiology*