An unusual case of radioactive seed migration to the vertebral venous plexus and renal artery with nerve root compromise

Brachytherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 295-298

  Hau, Eric K C ^a   Oborn, Bradley M ^b,c   Bucci, Joseph ^a  

^a St George Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^b WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Embolization; Myelopathy; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; GEANT 4 MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOACTIVE SEED MIGRATION; RENAL ARTERY; SACRUM; X RAY;

DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIATION INJURIES; RENAL ARTERY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VEINS;

EID: 79958797596     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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