Radiation-induced leukoencephalopathy: Case report and literature review.
Vol. 27 No. 3 (2018), Reportes de Casos Clínicos
Vol. 27 No. 3 (2018)

Radiation-induced leukoencephalopathy: Case report and literature review.

Reportes de Casos Clínicos
Published 2021-11-06
Domenica Piana
Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Eduardo Guzmán
Centro de Imágenes Interhospital, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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demyelination
leukoencephalopathy

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Piana, D., & Guzmán, E. (2021). Radiation-induced leukoencephalopathy: Case report and literature review. Revista Ecuatoriana De Neurología, 27(3). Retrieved from https://revecuatneurol.temp.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/revecuatneurol/article/view/1858
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Abstract

Radiation-induced leukoencephalopathy presents clinically as a cognitive disorder chronologically associated with radiotherapy. The characteristic findings are: acute reversible edema, demyelination and vascular necrosis associated with thrombosis. The diagnostic test of choice is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the treatment is with corticosteroids. We present a case of a patient with brain metastases who developed a post-radiotherapy leukoencephalopathy.