The Use of Radiotherapy in the Management of Follicular Cystitis Refractory to Conservative and Surgical Management
Author(s) -
Mark Trombetta,
Matthew Packard,
Dominic Ferrara,
E. Day Werts
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
rare tumors
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2036-3613
pISSN - 2036-3605
DOI - 10.4081/rt.2012.e25
Subject(s) - medicine , cystectomy , refractory (planetary science) , conservative management , radiation therapy , lesion , follicular phase , surgery , general surgery , radiology , bladder cancer , cancer , physics , astrobiology
Follicular cysitis is a proliferative benign lesion which can act locally malignant. Conservative management is best; however, when this fails, surgical resection is necessary up to and including cystectomy in extreme refractory cases. We present a clinical review and our results using radiation in this disease in a woman facing cystectomy
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