Subacute radiation myelopathy in a 12-year-old boy.
Rapid onset over several days of a complete transverse myelopathy occurred 3 1/2 months after completion of mediastinal radiation for Hodgkin's disease in a 12-year-old boy. Postmortem examination revealed low cervical and high thoracic radiation myelopathy. The name "subacute radiation myelopathy" is proposed for this type of rapidly developing myelopathy.
D002648:Child; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000473:pathology; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology