Periauricular mold brachytherapy.
OBJECTIVE
We present a patient with recurrent basal cell carcinoma (BCCA) who was treated with custom-made mold brachytherapy.


METHODS
The patient was admitted to the hospital with the complaint of recurrent BCCA of the auditory canal. He has previously treated by surgery and external beam radiotherapy. We decided to continue with reirradiation to tumor bed after surgical excision. A total of 25 Gy to 5mm depth of surgical bed was delivered by mold brachytherapy.


RESULTS
The patient did well during the treatment without any acute toxicity. He was lost to followup after 2 years of treatment without any obvious late morbidity.


CONCLUSIONS
Custom-made mold brachytherapy is an alternative treatment modality, for reirradiation of selected group of patients, with minimal morbidity and good disease control.
Department of Prosthodontics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey. bahadirersu@yahoo.com
Bahadir
B
Ersu
Ibrahim
I
Tulunoglu
Mustafa
M
Cengiz
D000328:Adult; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D007283:Inlay Casting Wax; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D007283:Inlay Casting Wax