Brain tumour treatment: radiotherapy complications

Evidence-based neurology checklist on brain tumour treatment: radiotherapy complications: SMART syndrome This is stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy See Neurochecklist: “SMART syndrome” Post-radiotherapy pseudoprogression Radiation-induced cavernous malformations (RICM)…

SMART syndrome

  • This is stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy
  • See Neurochecklist: “SMART syndrome”

Post-radiotherapy pseudoprogression

Radiation-induced cavernous malformations (RICM)

Radiation-induced capillary telangiectasias (RIT)

Other radiation-induced complications

References

  1. Lim SY, Brooke J, Dineen R, O'Donoghue M. Stroke-like migraine attack after cranial radiation therapy: the SMART syndrome. Pract Neurol 2016; 16:406-408. 
  2. Kerklaan JP, Lycklama á Nijeholt GJ, Wiggenraad RG, Berghuis B, Postma TJ, Taphoorn MJ. SMART syndrome: a late reversible complication after radiation therapy for brain tumours. J Neurol 2011; 258:1098-1104.
  3. Bompaire F, Zinchenko L, Lahutte M, et al. SMART syndrome: classic transient symptoms leading to an unusual unfavorable outcome. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2017; 173:67-73. 
  4. Takahashi H, Kimura T, Yuki N, Yoshioka A. A case of stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy (SMART) syndrome followed by cerebral infarction. Intern Med 2018; doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9579-17 (Epub ahead of print).
  5. Lin AL, White M, Miller-Thomas MM, et al. Molecular and histologic characteristics of pseudoprogression in diffuse gliomas. J Neurooncol 2016; 130:529-533.
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