ArticleContemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland)2012
Radiotherapy-induced lumbosacral plexopathy in a patient with cervical cancer: a case report and literature review.
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- Radiation-Induced Lumbosacral Radiculopathy: A Comprehensive Clinical and Dosimetric Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Case report: radiation-induced lumbosacral plexopathy - a very late complication of radiotherapy for cervical cancer.BMC neurology · 2022Article
- A dosemetric and radiobiological impact of VMAT and 3DCRT on lumbosacral plexuses, an underestimated organ at risk in cervical cancer patients.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2022Article
- Dose delivered to the lumbosacral plexus from high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer.International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society · 2015Article
- Lumbosacral plexus delineation, dose distribution, and its correlation with radiation-induced lumbosacral plexopathy in cervical cancer patients.OncoTargets and therapy · 2015Article
- Lumbosacral plexopathy: A rare long term complication of concomitant chemo-radiation for cervical cancer.Gynecologic oncology research and practice · 2015Article
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Abstract
Radiotherapy-induced lumbosacral plexopathy in cervical cancer treatment is a very rare, but extremely serious complication. The clinical course is associated with severe bilateral lower leg pain, reduced sensation, different degrees of weakness, paresis or paralysis, and sometimes also urinary or fecal incontinence. Patient quality of life becomes significantly deteriorated. Escalating neurological disorders may make self-sufficient functioning impossible. Neurological symptoms, most often irreversible, may develop at different times after irradiation, even after more than 30 years. We present a case of neurological toxicity in a patient successfully treated for cervical cancer with pelvis and para-aortic lymph node irradiation and weekly cisplatin. Neurological symptoms developed a few weeks after completion of external irradiation, were gradually escalating and resulted in complete immobilization of the woman. We underline the significance of long-term, systematic physiotherapy and pharmacological therapy which has resulted in significant improvement of motion efficiency. The literature review concerns the questions of frequency, clinical course and mechanisms of radiation-induced plexopathy.
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