title: Radiation-induced myelopathy and vertebral necrosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, C.H.U. Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delacollette
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Collignon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dooms
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lenelle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moonen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stevenaert
mesh_terms: 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