title: Delayed postirradiation camptocormia.
abstract: Radiotherapy may cause central or peripheral nervous system complications, reported examples being myelopathy, brachial/lumbosacral plexopathies or predominantly motor lumbosacral radiculopathy. In the literature some studies regard camptocormia as a paravertebral myopathy and others as of neurogenic origin. We present a patient who developed camptocormia, 42 years after radiation therapy to the para-aortic and inguinal area.
authors: Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors: Linda
authors: L
authors: Kelly
authors: Laura D
authors: LD
authors: Perju-Dumbrava
authors: Dominic
authors: D
authors: Thyagarajan
authors: Yong Chern
authors: YC
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009134:Muscular Atrophy, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009919:Orchiectomy; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013121:Spinal Curvatures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
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