title: Postradiation cerebellar necrosis mimicking tumor: MR appearance.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Ashdown
authors.forename: O B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Boyko
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Uglietta
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hockenberger
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Oakes
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Fuller
mesh_terms: 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