Open AccessPOST-RADIATION SARCOMA IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
Author(s) -
Michael Edgar,
Manfred Robinson
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of bone and joint surgery - british volume
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0968-7300
pISSN - 0301-620X
DOI - 10.1302/0301-620x.55b1.183
Subject(s) - ankylosing spondylitis , medicine , fibrosarcoma , radiation therapy , sarcoma , spondylitis , radiology , surgery , pathology
1. Five cases of fibrosarcoma arising after radiotherapy in cases of ankylosing spondylitis are reported. 2. The relationship of the tumours to irradiation is discussed. 3. Objective neurological signs arising in the lower limbs of patients with ankylosing spondylitis after a latent period following radiotherapy may indicate an underlying sarcoma.
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