Aerodigestive tract obstruction as a late complication of radiotherapy.
Oedema, fibrosis, and stenosis of the hypopharynx and the oesophageal inlet are described in a few publications as a complication of post-laryngectomy irradiation treatment. In this paper a case of laryngeal carcinoma, treated exclusively by irradiation, where severe laryngeal and hypopharyngeal stenosis with complete occlusion of the oesophageal inlet were manifested as a late complication is described. We have found no similar case described in the English literature.
Nageris
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Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Elidan
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Sichel
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D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007013:Hypopharynx / Q000528:radiation effects*; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed