Cervical Neuropathy Following Mantle Radiotherapy

The majority of newly diagnosed patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma are expected to survive because of effective therapies established during the last 40 years. Long-term observations from large populations of treated patients have disclosed a variety of late effects of the disease and its therapy...

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Published in:	Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) 2002-12, Vol.14 (6), p.468-471
Main Authors:	McFarlane, V.J., Clein, G.P., Cole, J., Cowley, N., Illidge, T.M.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Female Hodgkin Disease - radiotherapy Hodgkin's lymphoma, neuropathy, radiotherapy Humans Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents Medical sciences Morbidity Neck - innervation Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - etiology Radiation Injuries - pathology Radiation therapy and radiosensitizing agent Radiotherapy - adverse effects Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents Treatment with physical agents Treatment. General aspects Tumors
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Summary:	The majority of newly diagnosed patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma are expected to survive because of effective therapies established during the last 40 years. Long-term observations from large populations of treated patients have disclosed a variety of late effects of the disease and its therapy that have contributed morbidity and excess mortality to Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors. As such complications have been recognized treatment approaches have been modified. Here we report a case of cervical neuropathy secondary to mantle radiotherapy, a complication not previously reported in the literature. Copyright 2002 The Royal College of Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
ISSN:	0936-6555 1433-2981