[Post-radiotherapy brachial plexopathy and cervical myelopathy].
The case of a 58-year-old male who, after 47 months of treatment with cervical radiotherapy for labial carcinoma, developed brachial plexopathy and six months later cervical myelopathy is herewith presented. Involvement of both the brachial plexus and the spinal cord in the same patient secondary to radiotherapy is exceptional.
Iranzo
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Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
Martí-Fàbregas
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Roig
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Pradas
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D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology*