Early-delayed radiation rhombencephalopathy.
A 37-year-old woman developed an early-delayed rhombencephalopathy 7 weeks after completing a course of radiotherapy to a glomus jugulare tumour. The clinical features, comprising nystagmus, skew strabismus, unilateral facial weakness, dysarthria and ataxia, are compared with four previously reported patients with this syndrome.
D000328:Adult; D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005925:Glomus Jugulare Tumor / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012894:Sleep Stages; D013577:Syndrome; D013997:Time Factors