Abstract
Chronically progressive (permanent) radiation myelopathy is a serious complication to irradiation of head/neck carcinoma. We describe four patients who developed stationary neurological deficits with a considerable reduction in function. One patient received a radiation dose below 50 Gy and the others up to 58 Gy against the cervical medulla. One patient developed an intramedullary syrinx.
Bidragets oversatte titel | Radiation myelopathy. Four case reports |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
Vol/bind | 164 |
Udgave nummer | 15 |
Sider (fra-til) | 2048-9 |
Antal sider | 2 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Status | Udgivet - 8 apr. 2002 |
Udgivet eksternt | Ja |
Emneord
- Adult
- Brown-Sequard Syndrome/etiology
- Female
- Gait/physiology
- Head and Neck Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Radiation Injuries/etiology
- Radiotherapy Dosage
- Spinal Cord Diseases/etiology
- Urinary Bladder/physiopathology