title: [Cerebral infarction related to intracranial radiation arteritis twenty-four years after encephalic radiation therapy].
abstract: We report a case of a resolutive late cerebral ischemic event, related to radiation induced vasculopathy of the left posterior cerebral artery, documented by MRI, situated in the irradiated volume 24 years before, for an astrocytome with malignant potential.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Tenon, Paris. jean-pierre.ferroir@tnn.aphp.fr
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ferroir
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marro
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Belkacemi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stilhart
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlienger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001167:Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D013997:Time Factors