2005, Number 6
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Rev Mex Neuroci 2005; 6 (6)
Radiation myelitis in 12-year-old boy. Report of a case
Sánchez VWE, Rodríguez RP
Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 508-510
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ABSTRACT
Radiation myelitis is an uncommon complication. Radiation of the spinal cord can cause several syndromes, chronic progressive radiation myelitis is the clinic form most serious. We report a 12-year-old boy developed a chronic progressive myelitis four months after the conclusion of radiation by Hodgkin’s disease, MRI showed spinal cord swelling and gadolinium-enhancement. Histopathology also was compatible with radiation effect.
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