학술논문
Clinical Exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis Following Radiotherapy
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Archives of Neurology. Feb 01, 2003 60(2):273-275
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0003-9942
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Radiation of the central nervous system in patients with demyelinating disease may have deleterious effects. OBJECTIVE: To describe a 30-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis who developed an attack of demyelination 2 months following radiotherapy for a parotid malignancy. RESULTS: Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated new hyperintense lesions that corresponded to both the localization of the patientʼs symptoms and to the area defined by the 50% isodose radiation field. CONCLUSION: Radiation treatment likely triggered an exacerbation of multiple sclerosis.