Introduction: Individual oral stent is a mouth-opening device that used in head and neck cancer radiotherapy with the intention of decreasing radiation dose to health tissues. The aim of this study was to check the dose delivered to both the hard palate and tongue when patient uses the stent during radiotherapy of tongue carcinoma. Methods and materials<stron...

BACKGROUND The intraoral stent is a mouth-opening device which may be used during head and neck cancer radiotherapy with the intention of preventing unnecessary irradiation in normal adjacent tissue. The use of this device during intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has not been reported in the literature. METHODS A 30-year-old woman with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue was subm...

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the quantitative strain elastography of tongue carcinoma using intraoral ultrasonography. Materials and Methods Two patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) who underwent quantitative strain elastography for the diagnosis of tongue lesions using intraoral ultrasonography were included in this prospective study. Strain elastography was performed...

BACKGROUND Tumor thickness of oral tongue carcinoma is an important independent prognostic factor for local recurrence, subclinical nodal metastasis, and survival. An accurate preoperative assessment of tumor thickness is therefore essential in optimizing treatment algorithm. The present study aims at evaluating the accuracy of intraoral ultrasonography in preoperative measurement of tumor thic...

Abstract Aim: The aim was to evaluate the feasibility of an intraoral stent (10 and 20 mm thickness) in radiotherapy tongue cancer, measure reduction acute mucositis palate. Materials method: There were six patients intervention group, seven control group. Target coverage measured by minimum dose covering 98% clinical target volume (CTV). Data collected from planning CT daily cone-beam computer...

Objective: Systemic sclerosis (SS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of connective tissue, which involves skin and internal organs, and results in collagen deposition and fibroblasts activation. Studies have reported a higher risk of malignancy in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS).The aim of this study is to report a case of tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in a patient with ...

BACKGROUND Radial graft is one of the optimal treatments for reconstruction after tongue cancer, but it is not free of side effects. Hypertrichosis over the graft, causing an intraoral paratrichosis, might downgrade the quality of life and even require further interventions. CLINICAL CASE The case is presented of a 58 year-old man, who developed hypertrichosis after surgery for tongue carcino...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical usefulness of intraoral sonography-assisted resection for securing adequate deep resection margins in T1-2 tongue cancers. STUDY DESIGN Prospective clinical trial. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty consecutive patients with clinical T1-2 tongue cancers were enrolled and their lesions were removed by intraoral sonography-assisted resection. We then retrospect...

objective: systemic sclerosis (ss) is a chronic autoimmune disease of connective tissue, which involves skin and internal organs, and results in collagen deposition and fibroblasts activation. studies have reported a higher risk of malignancy in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (pss).the aim of this study is to report a case of tongue squamous cell carcinoma (scc) in a patient with ...

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) represents 90% to 95% of all malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity. It is classically regarded as an adult disease entity and has a high correlation with alcohol and tobacco consumption.1 Oral SCC occurs in several well established intraoral sites, including the floor of mouth, tongue (most common), gingiva, lips, and buccal mucosa. It might also present in t...