Radiation-induced optic neuropathy
Background: A 61-year-old woman complained of rapidly progressing loss of vision in the right eye. Twenty months earlier, a temporal brain tumor had been partially resected, that appeared to be a malignantly degenerated fibroblastic meningioma, for which she had received post - operative radiation t...
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doaj-8bf65c27838141ad88a446047d03adbc2020-11-24T21:13:27ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812011-03-0194311011110.5334/jbr-btr.523523Radiation-induced optic neuropathyS T BodewitzG J KeerenBackground: A 61-year-old woman complained of rapidly progressing loss of vision in the right eye. Twenty months earlier, a temporal brain tumor had been partially resected, that appeared to be a malignantly degenerated fibroblastic meningioma, for which she had received post - operative radiation therapy. Ophtalmologic evaluation revealed no retinal abnormalities and no edema of the optic disc.https://www.jbsr.be/articles/523Radiationsinjurious effectscomplications of therapeutic radiology |
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S T Bodewitz G J Keeren Radiation-induced optic neuropathy Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology Radiations injurious effects complications of therapeutic radiology |
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Radiation-induced optic neuropathy |
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Radiation-induced optic neuropathy |
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Radiation-induced optic neuropathy |
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Radiation-induced optic neuropathy |
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Radiation-induced optic neuropathy |
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radiation-induced optic neuropathy |
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Ubiquity Press |
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Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology |
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2514-8281 |
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2011-03-01 |
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Background: A 61-year-old woman complained of rapidly progressing loss of vision in the right eye. Twenty months earlier, a temporal brain tumor had been partially resected, that appeared to be a malignantly degenerated fibroblastic meningioma, for which she had received post - operative radiation therapy. Ophtalmologic evaluation revealed no retinal abnormalities and no edema of the optic disc. |
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Radiations injurious effects complications of therapeutic radiology |
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