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Asociación Colombiana de Otorrinolaringología y Cirugía de Cabeza y cuello, Maxilofacial y Estética Facial (ACORL)

2021, Number 3

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Acta de Otorrinolaringología CCC 2021; 49 (3)

Definitive radiotherapy in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea. A case report

Noreña MP, Vallejo A, González I, Guerrero E, Cotes M

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 216-220
PDF size: 194.11 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Adenoid cystic carcinomas are extremely rare tumors, for which surgery is the mainstay of therapy; however, the surgical approach may be contradictory depending on tumor size, involvement of adjacent structures or concurrent diseases. In these cases, definitive external beam radiation therapy can offer adequate tumor control and symptom relief. The present case report describes a patient with an irregular tumor that surrounds the circumference of the trachea, causing a decrease in the tracheal lumen, in whom it was decided to perform a volume reduction of tumor with argon plasma, followed by placement of a Y-stent (tracheal, left bronchial and right bronchial), and subsequent definitive treatment with external radiotherapy with intensity modulated technique at doses of 60 Gy in 2 Gy fractionation. Three months after treatment, the patient presents without radiological evidence of lymphadenopathy at the base of the neck or axilla, with a patent endotracheal stent, with no stenosis and a decrease in tumor volume, for which the removal of the Stent was feasilble.


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