Photodynamic Therapy as Adjunctive Treatment for Buccal Bacterial Infection in Cancer Patients

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of cancer that initiates in bone marrow and subsequently invades peripheral blood. It is characterized by rapid proliferation of abnormal and malignant cells and may lead to oral manifestations because of the disease itself or consequent to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A 15-year-old female patient with a diagnosis of AML presented with a painless, whitish ulcer with a hyperemic halo in the hard palate region during antineoplastic treatment. A swab from the lesion site demonstrated the presence of Enterococcus, with negative results for Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus coagulase.
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Tags: Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Source Type: research