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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

Case Report: Stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy syndrome: a rare complication 26 years after cranial radiotherapy.

Olga Duranikova, Igor Straka, Lubomir Melichercik, Peter Marcek, Karin Gmitterova, Peter Valkovic

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Olga Duranikova2nd Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, University Hospital Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Igor Straka2nd Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, University Hospital Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Lubomir MelichercikDepartment of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Dr. Magnet Ltd., Bratislava, Slovakia.
Peter Marcek2nd Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, University Hospital Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Karin Gmitterova2nd Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, University Hospital Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Peter Valkovic2nd Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, University Hospital Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Comenius University Bratislava · SKUniversity Hospital Bratislava · SKSlovak Academy of Sciences · SK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy (SMART) syndrome is a rare delayed complication of cranial radiotherapy, that may present decades after brain irradiation. Here we present a case of 41-year old patient with a history of grade 3 oligodendroglioma, epilepsy and migraine, 26 years after brain radiation therapy, who was admitted with right hemicranial headache, nausea, left homonymous hemianopsia, weakness of the left arm and left-sided hemihypesthesia. After considering alternate diagnoses, we ultimately diagnosed SMART syndrome. Despite its rare occurrence and unknown pathophysiology, there are more case reports of SMART syndrome reported due to advancements in oncology treatment and increasing patients' survival rates. Therefore, diagnosis of SMART syndrome should always be considered in patients with a history of cranial radiation presenting with focal neurologic deficits and migraine, especially with a change in pattern of their usual migraine attack.

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brain tumorcranial radiotherapyneurooncologySMART syndromestroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy syndrome

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