[Radiation-induced sarcoma of the sixth cervical vertebra (author's transl)].
The authors report the case of a patient who suffered a sarcoma of the sixth cervical vertebra eleven years after a malpighian epithelioma of the pharynx had been treated and healed by local excision and radiotherapy. A radiation-induced sarcoma caused a tetraplegia. Laminectomy and plate fixation resulted in some recovery but the patient died three months later.
D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors
Ostéosarcome post-radiothérapique de la 6e vertèbre cervicale. A propos d'un cas.