Radiation-Induced Spinal Cord Anaplastic Astrocytoma Subsequent to Radiotherapy for Testicular Seminoma
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Radiation-induced spinal cord anaplastic astrocytoma subsequent to radiotherapy for testicular seminoma.
A 54-year-old man presented with a very rare case of radiation-induced intramedullary spinal cord anaplastic astrocytoma, which developed 37 years after radiotherapy for testicular seminoma. The patient presented with weakness and numbness of the left lower extremity that had gradually aggravated for 3 months. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an intramedullary mass lesion with syringomye...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.52.675