Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod
January 2008
Radiation-induced sarcoma (RIS) or postirradiation sarcoma has been reported rarely as a long-term complication of radiation therapy (RT). We report 4 cases of oral sarcomas or sarcomatoid tumors with a rather short latency period after radiotherapy of the prior OSCC. Histopathological evaluation and immunohistochemical study were performed using a panel of markers including vimentin, cytokeratin, S-100, desmin, myoglobin, HHF-35, p53, and p16.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 16-year-old young man had severe loss of alveolar bone and lost four teeth in the anterior maxilla because of traumatic injury in a traffic accident. To overcome the surgically compromised condition for implant rehabilitation, the deficient ridge was augmented by autogenous bone graft from the mandibular symphysis. The augmented ridge had much improvement in width but less in vertical height.
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