Intracranial atherosclerosis following radiotherapy.
We describe a case of severe intracranial atherosclerosis in a young man who had received therapeutic radiation for a presumed brain neoplasm. Since there was no evidence of vascular disease outside the radiation ports, we speculate that accelerated atherosclerosis was induced by radiation and that hyperlipidemia may have predisposed him to this effect.
Werner
M H
MH
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Burger
P C
PC
Heinz
E R
ER
Friedman
A H
AH
Halperin
E C
EC
Schold
S C
SC
D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*