1. Radiation-induced vasculopathy: 3 TESLA MR findings. A case report and review of the literature
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Raffaele Agati, H. Ahmed, R. Ricci, Sh. Maye, M. Spagnoli, Antonella Bacci, Marco Leonardi, Bacci A., Ricci R., Ahmed Sheikh Maye H., Spagnoli M., Agati R., and Leonardi M.
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Radiation induced ,Brain damage ,Brain tissue ,Resection ,Radiation therapy ,medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Neurology (clinical) ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Pathological ,Mri findings - Abstract
We present the MRI findings of delayed brain damage in a patient who underwent radiotherapy after resection of an oligo-astrocytoma. The lesions appeared years later within brain tissue that was included in radiation fields. High-field 3 Tesla MR investigation gave us the possibility to appreciate the different aspects of the vasculopathy induced by irradiation. A literature review allowed us to hypothesize the correlations between imaging and pathological findings.
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- 2005