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KMID : 0359719940120010152
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Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1994 Volume.12 No. 1 p.152 ~ p.158
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Radiation Induced Lumbosacral Plexopathy: Clinical and Electrophysiological Findings in 3 Cases
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Abstract
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Radiation-induced neuropathy is a rare but well recognized clinical entity although peripheral nerves are considered to be relatively resistant to irradiation. We report three patients with radiation-induced lumbosacral plexopathy, whose
characteristic
clinical and electrophysiological features can be summarized as follows : 55-58 year old women who were previously treated with radiotherapy for uterine cervix carcinoma:2) the latent period is to 10 from 13 years:3) predominantly motor
involvement
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slowly progressive paraparesis, asymmetrical onset and worse in distal muscle group:40 painless at onset, with variable degree of sensory changes:5) decreased or absent knee and ankle jerks: 6) axonal damage in electrophysiologic study: 7)
frequent
myokymic discharges. Myokymic discharges occur in bursts at regular rate of 0.1 to 8 Hz. In myokymic bursts with more spikes, interburst interval is longer but interspike interval is shorter.
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