Late Radiation-Induced Carotid Artery Stenosis and Stroke in Pediatric Patient Treated With Proton Radiation Therapy for Skull-Base Chordoma.

Ioakeim-Ioannidou, Myrsini; Tejada, Athena; Urell, Tobias; Depauw, Nicolas; Kooy, Hanne; Adams, Judith; Fullerton, Barbara; Kelly, Hillary et al. · Pract Radiat Oncol · 2023

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Radiation vasculopathy is a well-recognized late complication of radiation therapy. We present a case of a stroke 29 years after high-dose proton radiation therapy for skull-base chordoma due to occlusion of bilateral internal carotid arteries.

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