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Multifocal enhancing magnetic resonance imaging lesions following cranial irradiation
Author(s) -
Peterson Kendra,
Brent Clark H.,
Hall Walter A.,
Truwit Charles L.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410380217
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , fulminant , necrosis , complication , neuroradiology , radiology , radiography , pathology , neurology , surgery , psychiatry
Radiation necrosis is a delayed complication of cranial irradiation, typically presenting as a single intracerebral mass that is radiographically indistinguishable from recurrent tumor. We describe 6 patients with a distinct radiographic syndrome of multifocal enhancing lesions on magnetic resonance images, and their variable clinical courses: some fluctuating, some spontaneously resolving, and some demonstrating fulminant progression to frank necrosis.