Gatcombe Heather, Lawson Josh, Phuphanich Surasak, Crocker Ian
Department of Radiation-Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
J Neurooncol. 2006 Sep;79(3):293-8. doi: 10.1007/s11060-006-9140-2. Epub 2006 Apr 15.
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.
放射性脊髓炎虽罕见,但却是放射治疗最严重的并发症之一。我们在此报告一例25岁中东男性病例,该患者在高剂量化疗及干细胞救援过程中接受脊髓低剂量照射后21个月出现进行性脊髓病,并对相关文献进行综述。