Radiation Necrosis of Undetermined Etiology

Autor:	Haitham Elsamaloty, Azedine Medhkour, Sarah Calkins, Jill Zyrek-Betts
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Side effect business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Biochemistry (medical) Clinical Biochemistry Chronic radiation syndrome Radiation therapy Radiation necrosis Total dose medicine Etiology Radiology Head and neck Nuclear medicine business
Zdroj:	Laboratory Medicine. 38:157-159
ISSN:	0007-5027
DOI:	10.1309/dmc1cjm656xqme5p
Popis:	Radiation necrosis of the brain is acknowledged as a long-term side effect of radiation therapy to the head and neck. It is also known that the effects of exposure do not depend solely on the total dose but the fractionization and timing of the doses and that this total dose may actually be lower than what is currently considered clinically acceptable. We report a case of radiation necrosis in a 45- year-old Caucasian male with no history of radiation therapy. However, the patient does
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