Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases (Sep 2024)

Radiation-induced osteosarcoma of the parotid gland and mandible: A case report and literature review

  • Fawaz H. Alotaibi,
  • Marwa Hatem,
  • Abdulrahman Hesham,
  • Yousef Alshamrani,
  • David Kim,
  • Jehan Abdulsattar

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 3
p. 100360

Abstract

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Radiation therapy in treatment of head and neck cancer has contributed to improved survival rate of cancer patients. However, this is accompanied by a potential rise in post radiation complications including radiation induced malignancies and osteoradionecrosis.Radiation Induced Osteosarcoma (RIOS) is rarely reported. In this paper, we report an unusual case of RIOS involving the parotid gland and mandible that was initially misdiagnosed as Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) provide a comprehensive review of the literature.

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