The use of radiotherapy in the management of follicular cystitis refractory to conservative and surgical management
Mark Trombetta,
Matthew Packard,
Dominic Ferrera,
E. Day Werts
Affiliations
Mark Trombetta
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital; Temple University School of Medicine, Pittsburgh Campus; Drexel University College of Medicine, Allegheny Campus, Pittsburgh
Matthew Packard
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh
Dominic Ferrera
Department of Surgery, Trinity Health System, Steubenville, Ohio
E. Day Werts
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital; Temple University School of Medicine, Pittsburgh Campus; Drexel University College of Medicine, Allegheny Campus, Pittsburgh
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.
