LASER THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF ORAL MUCOSITIS: CASE REPORT
| Autor: | Alena Ribeiro Alves Peixoto Medrado, Mayara Simões Bispo, Juliana Borges de Lima Dantas, Hayana Ramos Lima, Manoela Carrera Martinez Cavalcante Pereira, Gabriela Martins Botelho, Elisa Kauark Fontes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Chemotherapy business.industry medicine.medical_treatment medicine.disease Pathology and Forensic Medicine Surgery Radiation therapy Peripheral neuropathy medicine.anatomical_structure Laser therapy Tongue Concomitant Mucositis Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Dentistry (miscellaneous) Methotrexate Oral Surgery business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. 129:e88 |
| ISSN: | 2212-4403 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.oooo.2019.06.364 |
| Popis: | A 60-year-old male patient with a history of chronic drinking and smoking was diagnosed as having squamous cell carcinoma on the tongue beyond surgical therapeutic possibility. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy were indicated. After the fifth cycle of chemotherapy concomitant with radiotherapy, the patient reported pain in the oral cavity, which worsened after the use of methotrexate to treat peripheral neuropathy. The condition progressed to extensive oral ulcers requiring the use of a nasogastric tube for feeding. Low-intensity laser (AsGaAl, 680 nm, 2 J/cm2) was applied on the ulcers in a punctual and continuous manner. After 4 sessions, there was a significant improvement of the condition, with catheter removal and the patient being released from the hospital. The laser therapy proved to be effective in the treatment of oral mucositis lesions, reducing the pain and severity of the lesions, being a noninvasive and safe form of treatment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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