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ArticleCureus2024

A Case Report on Radiation-Induced Cerebral Vasculopathy in a Long-Term Survivor of Childhood Medulloblastoma.

Sara C Esteves, Kathryn A Szymanski, Michael S Kuwabara

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Sara C EstevesNeuroradiology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, USA.
Kathryn A SzymanskiNeuroradiology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, USA.
Michael S KuwabaraNeuroradiology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report discusses a patient diagnosed with radiation-induced cerebral vasculopathy who presented after cerebral irradiation of metastatic medulloblastoma to raise awareness of radiation-induced cerebral vasculopathy. Because radiation therapy has revolutionized treatment for children with brain cancers, radiation-induced vasculopathy is becoming ever more prominent, and its recognition is crucial to implementing early treatment strategies to improve patient outcomes. Currently, medical management is poorly defined, largely unexamined, and poorly studied. Because the clinical features of this disease are nonspecific, radiation-induced cerebral vasculopathy remains a diagnosis of exclusion and an essential addition to the differential diagnosis. Discussion regarding standardized treatment, screening, and guidelines is necessary to improve treatment and survival.

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arterial spin-labeled imagingblack blood sequencingcerebral irradiationchildhood radiotherapymetastatic medulloblastomaradiation-induced cerebral vasculopathy

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PMID39347355
PMCPMC11439436

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