RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Progressive multiple cranial neuropathies presenting as a delayed complication of radiotherapy in infancy.
JF Postgraduate Medical Journal
JO Postgrad Med J
FD The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
SP 303
OP 305
DO 10.1136/pgmj.64.750.303
VO 64
IS 750
A1 H. S. Pall
A1 S. Nightingale
A1 C. G. Clough
A1 D. Spooner
YR 1988
UL http://pmj.bmj.com/content/64/750/303.abstract
AB A 38 year old woman who had undergone irradiation during infancy for a left facial cutaneous arteriovenous malformation sequentially developed complete palsies of the ipsilateral VII, V, XI, IX, X, XII and VI cranial nerves. Apart from optic and olfactory nerve damage there are few reports of radiotherapy causing cranial nerve injury. We link the unusually extensive and progressive neural damage and the prolonged latency to the patient's age at time of irradiation.