Radiation-induced myelopathy and vertebral necrosis.
Radiation-induced myelopathy is often a diagnosis of exclusion. In addition to the classic criteria needed to support the diagnosis, the presence of another radiation-induced lesion, such as aseptic vertebral necrosis, is useful to confirm the cause of the spinal cord lesion.
Martin
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Department of Neurosurgery, C.H.U. Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium.
Delacollette
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Collignon
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Dooms
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Lenelle
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Moonen
G
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Stevenaert
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D010025:Osteoradionecrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology