Hyoid osteoradionecrosis as an acute sequelae of irradiation for base of tongue tumors: A complication on the rise?

Oral Oncol. 2024 Mar:150:106696. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2024.106696. Epub 2024 Feb 10.

Authors

Joshua D Smith¹, Shaum S Sridharan², Kevin J Contrera², Simon A Brown³, Molly E Heft-Neal¹, Matthew E Spector⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
² Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
³ West Michigan Cancer Center, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: spectorme@upmc.edu.

PMID: 38341906
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2024.106696

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Hyoid Bone
Osteoradionecrosis* / etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tongue Neoplasms* / complications
Tongue Neoplasms* / radiotherapy