Rehabilitation of exacerbated case of oral mucositis associated with renal failure following bone marrow transplantation

Abstract

Inflammation of oral mucosa induced by anti neoplastic drugs is an important, dose limiting and costly side effect of cancer therapy. Here is presented an exacerbated case of oral mucositis associated with renal failure in a patient who underwent bone marrow transplantation. The clinical aspects and an integrated rehabilitation program are discussed below.

Keywords

• Bone marrow transplantation
• chemotherapy
• mucositis
• renal failure