Management of paranasal sinus metastasis by percutaneous CT-guided permanent seed brachytherapy

Stephen Doggett; Shigeru Chino; Todd Lempert; Kunal Sidhar

doi:10.1016/j.prro.2018.01.005

Management of paranasal sinus metastasis by percutaneous CT-guided permanent seed brachytherapy

Pract Radiat Oncol. 2018 Jul-Aug;8(4):e221-e223. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2018.01.005. Epub 2018 Feb 1.

Authors

Stephen Doggett¹, Shigeru Chino², Todd Lempert³, Kunal Sidhar³

Affiliations

¹ Radiation Oncology, Mission Regional Medical Center, Mission Viejo, California. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Thoracic Surgery, Mission Regional Medical Center, Mission Viejo, California.
³ Interventional Radiology, Mission Regional Medical Center, Mission Viejo, California.

PMID: 29778742
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2018.01.005

Abstract

Introduction: A painful maxillary sinus metastasis in previously irradiated tissue required palliation.

Methods and materials: Lesion was treated by computed tomography-guided palladium103 implantation as an outpatient procedure; the lesion and its attendant facial pain and swelling resolved completely.

Conclusion: Computed tomography-guided permanent seed brachytherapy is a novel, rapid, effective, and low resource cost method of treating paranasal malignancy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brachytherapy / methods*
Face / radiation effects
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Palladium
Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / secondary*
Radioisotopes
Radiotherapy Dosage
Radiotherapy, Image-Guided / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Radioisotopes
Palladium
Palladium-103