Osteoradionecrosis of the cervical spine presenting with quadriplegia in a patient previously treated with radiotherapy for laryngeal cancer: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Van Wyk, Frederik Carl ^a   Sharma, Manu Priya ^a   Tranter, Robert ^a  

^a Worthing Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CERVICAL SPINE OSTEORADIONECROSIS; DIZZINESS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGEAL BIOPSY; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIATION INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRACHEOSTOMY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 72249087350     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1752-1947-3-7262     Document Type: Article

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