Pontine calcification following radiotherapy: CT demonstration.
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.
Price
D B
DB
Department of Radiology, State University of New York, Brooklyn 11203.
Hotson
G C
GC
Loh
J P
JP
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