title: Pontine calcification following radiotherapy: CT demonstration.
abstract: Development of pontine calcifications following radiation therapy for suprasellar tumors is described in two patients, 5 and 9 years old. Post-radiotherapy brain calcifications are rare in the brain stem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, State University of New York, Brooklyn 11203.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Hotson
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Loh
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011149:Pons / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed