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Meningeal Cancer Therapy
New meningeal cancer therapy research reported from Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere
December 30th, 2008
New research, 'Postradiation lumbosacral radiculopathy with spinal root cavernomas mimicking carcinomatous meningitis,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from Paris, France, "Lumbosacral radiculopathy is a rare complication of radiotherapy and may be challenging to differentiate from diagnosis of a tumor recurrence. We reviewed the records of three patients with a past history of cancer and radiotherapy who were referred for suspicion of carcinomatous meningitis on lumbar MRI, but whose final diagnosis was radiation-induced lumbosacral radiculopathy." "The three patients developed a progressive lumbosacral radiculopathy at 20, 13, and 47 years after...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-30)
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