Cerebral radiation necrosis

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard , 23 Sep 2009
Diagnosis almost certain
Changed by Frank Gaillard, 5 Dec 2015

Updates to Case Attributes

Body was changed:

Typical appearances of Radiationradiation necrosis in this case following acoustic schwannoma irradiation performed overseas.

  • -<p><a href="/articles/radiation-necrosis-cerebral">Radiation necrosis</a> following <a href="/articles/acoustic_schwannoma">acoustic schwannoma</a> irradiation overseas. </p>
  • +<p>Typical appearances of <a href="/articles/radiation-necrosis-cerebral">radiation necrosis</a> in this case following <a href="/articles/acoustic-schwannoma">acoustic schwannoma</a> irradiation performed overseas.</p>
Diagnostic Certainty was set to .
Age was set to Adult.

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was added:

The left temporal lobe is haemorrhagic with high T2 signal extending throughout the white matter and extensive enhancement. Note the atrophy of the ipsilateral cerebellum. 

Images Changes:

Image MRI (T1 C+ fat sat) ( update )

Description was removed:
Radiation necrosis T1 C+ FS
Single Or Stack Root was set to .

Image MRI (Gradient Echo) ( update )

Description was removed:
Radiation necrosis MERGE
Single Or Stack Root was set to .
Specifics was set to Gradient Echo.

Image MRI (T1 C+ fat sat) ( update )

Description was removed:
Radiation necrosis T1 C+
Single Or Stack Root was set to .

Image MRI (FLAIR) ( update )

Description was removed:
Radiation necrosis FLAIR
Single Or Stack Root was set to .

Image MRI (T2) ( update )

Description was removed:
Radiation necrosis T2
Single Or Stack Root was set to .

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