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Sensitivity of patients with familial cerebral cavernous malformations to therapeutic radiation |
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| Authors: | Michael Golden Saba Saeidi Benny Liem Eric Marchand Leslie Morrison Blaine Hart |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA;2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA;3. Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA;4. Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA |
| Abstract: | Familial cerebral cavernous malformations are autosomal dominant conditions that can result in significant morbidity. A two‐hit mechanism is accepted as likely responsible for formation of these malformations. We present two patients with this disease who received therapeutic radiation and developed very high numbers of malformations within the radiation ports, supporting radiation as an accelerator of lesion formation and suggesting implications for risks of radiation in this disease. |
| Keywords: | magnetic resonance imaging neuroradiology |