Treatment related myelitis in Hodgkin's lymphoma following stem cell transplant, chemotherapy and radiation: a case report and review of the literature.
Radiation myelitis, while rare, is one of the most devastating complications of radiation treatment. We report here a case of a 25-year-old Middle Eastern man with progressive myelopathy 21 months following low dose irradiation of the cord in the context of high dose chemotherapy and stem cell rescue and a review of the literature.
Gatcombe
Heather
H
Department of Radiation-Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Lawson
Josh
J
Phuphanich
Surasak
S
Crocker
Ian
I
D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009187:Myelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000628:therapy; D011832:Radiation Injuries; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000528:radiation effects*; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed