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    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2000 Oct;90(4):450-5.

    Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the mandible treated with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.

    Kirita T, Ohgi K, Shimooka H, Okamoto M, Yamanaka Y, Sugimura M.

    Nara Medical University, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Japan. tkirita@nmu-gw.naramed-u.ac.jp

    Extranodal presentation in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is uncommon, and the mandible is very rarely involved. Primary NHL of the mandible, for the most part, has intermediate or high malignancy and has a much greater incidence of local recurrence compared with other sites of involvement. A 48-year-old Japanese man with NHL of the mandible received radiotherapy, followed by high-dose chemotherapy supported with peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT). High-dose cyclophosphamide, Adriamycin, and vincristine were used for pretransplant conditioning. He achieved complete remission and has survived in continuous complete remission for more than 72 months to date. Marrow-ablative chemotherapy facilitated by PBSCT is thought to be useful as part of the primary therapy for patients with NHL who have poorer prognoses.

    PMID: 11027381 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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