ISSN:
1432-1920
Keywords:
Key words Radiation-induced myelopathy
;
Pharyngocutaneous fistula
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Spinal cord
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Magnetic resonance imaging
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract A patient developed a cervical myelopathy 20 months after radiotherapy for a carcinoma of the larynx. MRI showed an intramedullary lesion at C7. Although radiation myelopathy was suspected, tumour recurrence could not be excluded. A radiation-induced pharyngocutaneous fistula, confirmed histologically, appeared a month later. The fistula lay just anterior to the level of the spinal cord lesion, a finding useful in supporting a diagnosis of simultaneous radiation myelopathy.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002340050938
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