Postoperative electron beam irradiation to prevent recurrence of refractory subungual exostosis: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Subungual exostosis is a type of heterotopic ossification, which often has unclear margins. Therefore, marginal resection may cause recurrence and wide resection is sometimes required to achieve a complete cure. However, wide resection may cause postoperative nail deformity and revision of this deformity is generally difficult. The primary treatment of subungual exostosis is surgical treatment, and there have been no comprehensive reports on the efficacy of adjunctive treatments. Although postoperative electron beam irradiation has been successfully used after heterotopic ossification excision to prevent recurrence, there are no reports on the use of this procedure following subungual exostosis resection.

Case description

Herein, we report a case of refractory sub

SUBMITTER: Sakamoto K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11292073 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature