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1 Department of Radiology, Division of Radiotherapy
2 Medical Fellow, Department of Radiology
3 Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Division of Neurology
A patient with Hodgkin's disease developing radiation neuropathy, involving the brachial plexus, as a late consequence of orthovoltage radiation therapy is described. Peripheral nerves are "radioresistant" to acute irradiation, but are susceptible to delayed (and secondary) alterations.
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