{"title":"Cerebral infarction due to radiation accelerated arteriosclerosis.","authors":"D I Peterson, F Alfonso, B Geslani","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Radiation therapy may cause accelerated arteriosclerosis of carotid and vertebral vessels which can cause cerebral infarction. This is a late complication which usually occurs several years after therapy and often affects vessels in locations where severe arteriosclerotic change is uncommon.</p>","PeriodicalId":77682,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of clinical neurosciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bulletin of clinical neurosciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Radiation therapy may cause accelerated arteriosclerosis of carotid and vertebral vessels which can cause cerebral infarction. This is a late complication which usually occurs several years after therapy and often affects vessels in locations where severe arteriosclerotic change is uncommon.