Delayed postirradiation camptocormia.

Abstract

Radiotherapy may cause central or peripheral nervous system complications, reported examples being myelopathy, brachial/lumbosacral plexopathies or predominantly motor lumbosacral radiculopathy. In the literature some studies regard camptocormia as a paravertebral myopathy and others as of neurogenic origin. We present a patient who developed camptocormia, 42 years after radiation therapy to the para-aortic and inguinal area.

• Authors: Linda Kelly, Laura D Perju-Dumbrava, Dominic Thyagarajan, Yong Chern Lee
• Journal: BMJ case reports (BMJ Case Rep) Vol. 2013 (Aug 19 2013) ISSN: 1757-790X [Electronic] England
• PMID: 23960150 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Video-Audio Media)

Topics

• Aged
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Muscular Atrophy, Spinal (diagnosis, etiology)
• Orchiectomy
• Radiation Injuries (complications, diagnosis)
• Spinal Curvatures (diagnosis, etiology)
• Teratoma (radiotherapy, surgery)
• Testicular Neoplasms (radiotherapy, surgery)
• Time Factors
• Young Adult