Lumbosacral plexopathy: A rare long term complication of concomitant chemo-radiation for cervical cancer

Radiation induced Lumbosacral plexophaty (RILP) is a rare but severe complication that has a considerable impact on quality of life. Its occurrence is rare but increasing with improved long-term cancer survival. This entity commonly results in different degrees of sensory and motor deficits. The pat...

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Autores principales: Bourhafour, Imane, Benoulaid, Meriem, El Kacemi, Hanane, El Majjaoui, Sanae, Kebdani, Tayeb, Benjaafar, Noureddine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4881179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27231572
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40661-015-0019-9
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Sumario:Radiation induced Lumbosacral plexophaty (RILP) is a rare but severe complication that has a considerable impact on quality of life. Its occurrence is rare but increasing with improved long-term cancer survival. This entity commonly results in different degrees of sensory and motor deficits. The pathophysiological mechanisms are not yet fully understood. Diagnosis of radiation myelopathy in women with gynecologic malignancies may increase with the use of concomitant chemo-radiation. This report describes the effect of this combination therapy in a 64-year-old woman with cervical carcinoma.

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