ISSN:
1126-5442
Keywords:
Key words Rhombencephalopathy
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Radionecrosis
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Magnetic resonance imaging
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Hyperbaric oxygen
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Heparin
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Buspirone
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract We report the case of a patient who underwent radiotherapy of the neck because of an epidermoid carcinoma in Rosenmüller's fossa. Eleven months later, T1-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a bulbo-pontine lesion, and the clinical course and sequential MRI results led to a diagnosis of radionecrosis-induced rhombencephalopathy. At a distance of more than three years, the lesion is no longer visible on MRI images but the severe neurological deficits remain. The clinical picture has not been improved by treatment with prednisone, hyperbaric oxygen, symptomatic therapies or anticoagulants.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s100720050011
