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The treatment of choice for anal cancer is chemoradiotherapy. Skin reaction and bowel symptoms such as tenesmus, diarrhoea and bleeding are common side effects. We report a patient who developed stridor as a result of chemoradiotherapy for anal cancer and discuss the pathogenesis and potential consequences.

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Anal cancer candidiasis CD4+ lymphocyte chemoradiotherapy steroids stridor

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Stridor: an unexpected complication from chemoradiotherapy for anal cancer

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