Late Radiation-Induced Carotid Artery Stenosis and Stroke in Pediatric Patient Treated With Proton Radiation Therapy for Skull-Base Chordoma.
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.
Medical subject headings
- Carotid Stenosis
- Chordoma
- Skull Base Neoplasms
- Stroke
- Proton Therapy
- Head and Neck Neoplasms