Postradiation cerebellar necrosis mimicking tumor: MR appearance.
Cerebellar necrosis associated with therapy of primary gliomas is unusual. We present the MR findings in a patient with postradiation multifocal cerebellar necrosis mimicking tumor dissemination.
Ashdown
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Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Boyko
O B
OB
Uglietta
J P
JP
Friedman
H S
HS
Hockenberger
B
B
Oakes
W J
WJ
Fuller
G N
GN
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009336:Necrosis; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects