Late post radiation laryngeal chondronecrosis with pharyngooesophageal fibrosis

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-84

  Varghese, B T ^a   Paul, S ^a   Elizabeth, M I ^a   Somanathan, T ^a   Elizabeth, K A ^a  

^a REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Chondroradionecrosis; Fibrosis; Laryngopharyngectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHONDRONECROSIS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX NECROSIS; MALE; NECROSIS; PHARYNGOESOPHAGEAL FIBROSIS; PHARYNX DISEASE; REVIEW;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; NECROSIS; PHARYNX; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4444324903     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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