CHONDROSARCOMA OF THE SPINE AND THYROID-CARCINOMA FOLLOWING RADIATION-THERAPY FOR HODGKINS LYMPHOMA

Authors
LEIS AA FRATKIN J
Citation
Aa. Leis et J. Fratkin, CHONDROSARCOMA OF THE SPINE AND THYROID-CARCINOMA FOLLOWING RADIATION-THERAPY FOR HODGKINS LYMPHOMA, Neurology, 48(6), 1997, pp. 1710-1712
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
48
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1710 - 1712
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1997)48:6<1710:COTSAT>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Second malignant neoplasms are an infrequent but well-documented seque lae of radiation therapy for childhood cancer. We report a 34-year-old man with chondrosarcoma of the spine and thyroid carcinoma diagnosed 24 years after radiation therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Both tumors a rose in the previously irradiated field and were not detected until th e patient presented with paraplegia. The propensity of these neoplasms to arise in the previously irradiated field warrants physicians to be alert to any manifestations arising in this anatomic area.