Rhinophyma treated with kilovoltage photons.
A 72-year-old retired truck driver presented with a 10-year history of rhinophyma and was successfully treated with 90-kV photons to a total dose of 40 Gy in 20 daily fractions. A brief discussion of radiotherapy in the treatment of rhinophyma follows.
Skala
Marketa
M
Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy Centre, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Delaney
Geoffrey
G
Towell
Vincent
V
Vladica
Nevin
N
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose; D017785:Photons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011878:Radiotherapy; D012393:Rosacea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*