Acute Lower Extremity Paralysis Following Radiation Therapy for Cervical Cancer
| Autor: | Dharma Rajbhandari, Silvio Glusman, Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, L. Stewart Massad |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Metastatic carcinoma Metastasis Carcinoma Paralysis Humans Medicine Radiation Injuries Cervical cancer Leg business.industry Pelvic pain Obstetrics and Gynecology Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Radiation therapy Oncology Acute Disease Carcinoma Squamous Cell Female medicine.symptom business Complication |
| Zdroj: | Gynecologic Oncology. 75:152-154 |
| ISSN: | 0090-8258 |
| Popis: | Background. Acute lower extremity paralysis secondary to lumbosacral plexopathy is a rare but severe complication that may follow pelvic radiotherapy for cervical cancer. Case. A 49-year-old female with newly diagnosed stage IIIB cervical cancer developed progressive bilateral lower extremity paralysis and pelvic pain only 10 weeks following completion of radiation therapy for cervical cancer with no evidence of metastasis or progression of disease. Her bladder and bowel function were not affected. Following extensive workup, the most likely etiology was presumed radiation-induced lumbosacral plexopathy. Conclusion. Although metastatic carcinoma is more commonly the reason for progressive lower extremity weakness with pelvic pain in women with advanced cervical cancer, radiation-induced lumbosacral plexopathy, a rare but devastating complication, may be the cause. Diagnosis is by exclusion. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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