Isolated plexiform neurofibroma: Treatment with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1139-1142

  Robertson, Thomas C ^a,b   Buck, David A ^a   Schmidt Ullrich, Rupert ^a   Powers, Celeste N ^a   Reiter, Evan R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept Otolaryngol Hd/Neck Surg   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurofibroma; Plexiform; Radiotherapy; Solitary; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PLEXIFORM NEUROFIBROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SURGICAL RISK; THREE DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; TONGUE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME; XEROSTOMIA;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMA; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3242698097     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200407000-00001     Document Type: Article

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