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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 10
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Post-irradiation polyradiculopathy ?
Anyone mugged up on Post-irradiation polyradiculopathy? There does not seem to be a wealth of information on this. It seems that radio therapy can cause late effects problems years on; 2, 3 or 4 decades!
Mr Bojangles
Post-irradiation polyradiculopathy mimics leptomeningeal tumor on MRI
Amie W. Hsia, Jonathan S. Katz, Steven L. Hancock and Kendra Peterson
Neurology 2003;60;1694-1696
Article Abstract
Three patients with a remote history of Hodgkin’s disease treated with total or subtotal lymphoid radiation 17 to 24 years earlier developed lumbosacral polyradiculopathy associated with nodular meningeal enhancement of the conus medullaris and cauda equina on MRI. None had evidence of recurrent Hodgkin’s disease or second malignancy, and the MRI findings may be sequelae of radiation therapy.
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