Delayed post-irradiation bulbar palsy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
In a hospital series of 70 patients on follow-up after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, 14 patients (20%) developed delayed post-irradiation bulbar palsy 1 to 18 years after radiotherapy (mean 5.5 years). Functional disability was moderate to severe. Three patients had aspiration pneumonia with one mortality. Post-irradiation bulbar palsy was a common complication and probably resulted from direct neuronal damage.
Medical subject headings
- Bulbar Palsy, Progressive
- Cranial Irradiation
- Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms