Lacunar stroke attributable to radiation-induced intracranial arteriopathy

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 937-939

  Salih, I S M ^a   Higgins, N J N ^b   Warburton, E A ^a   Baron, J C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteriopathy; Lacunar; Medulloblastoma; Radiotherapy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CALCINOSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RADIOTHERAPY; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547117844     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01762.x     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Steele SR, Martin MJ, Mullenix PS, Crawford JV, Cuadrado DS, Andersen CA. Focused high-risk population screening for carotid arterial stenosis after radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. American Journal of Surgery 2004 187 : 594 598.
2. Conomy JP, Kellermeyer RW. Delayed cerebrovascular consequences of therapeutic radiation. A clinicopathologic study of a stroke associated with radiation-related carotid arteriopathy. Cancer 1975 36 : 1702 1708.
3. Bowen J, Paulsen CA. Stroke after pituitary irradiation. Stroke 1992 23 : 908 911.
4. Painter MJ, Chutorian AM, Hilal SK. Cerebrovasculopathy following irradiation in childhood. Neurology 1975 25 : 189 194.
5. Grenier Y, Tomita T, Marymont MH, Byrd S, Burrowes DM. Late postirradiation occlusive vasculopathy in childhood medulloblastoma. Report of two cases. Journal of Neurosurgery 1998 89 : 460 464.
6. Huvos AG, Leaming RH, Moore OS. Clinicopathologic study of the resected carotid artery. Analysis of sixty-four cases. American Journal of Surgery 1973 126 : 570 574.
7. Lee DK, Kim JS, Kwon SU, Yoo SH, Kang DW. Lesion patterns and stroke mechanism in atherosclerotic middle cerebral artery disease: early diffusion-weighted imaging study. Stroke 2005 36 : 2583 2588.
8. Lyrer PA, Engelter S, Radu EW, Steck AJ. Cerebral infarcts related to isolated middle cerebral artery stenosis. Stroke 1997 28 : 1022 1027.
9. Bang OY, Heo JH, Kim JY, Park JH, Huh K. Middle cerebral artery stenosis is a major clinical determinant in striatocapsular small, deep infarction. Archives of Neurology 2002 59 : 259 263.
10. Lee PH, Oh SH, Bang OY, Joo SY, Joo IS, Huh K. Infarct patterns in atherosclerotic middle cerebral artery versus internal carotid artery disease. Neurology 2004 62 : 1291 1296.