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Aerodigestive tract obstruction as a late complication of radiotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Benny Nageris ,
Joseph Elidan  and
Jean-Yves Sichel
Benny Nageris*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, pob 12000, il-91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
Joseph Elidan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, pob 12000, il-91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
Jean-Yves Sichel
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, pob 12000, il-91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
*
Address for correspondence: Benny Nageris, M. D., Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Centre, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Laryngeal neoplasmsRadiotherapycomplications
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 68 - 69
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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