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Radiation-recall myositis presenting as low-back pain (2010: 4b)

Authors: Geert Heirwegh, Eveline Bruyeer, Marleen Renard, Anne Uyttebroeck, Philippe Demaerel

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 7/2010

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We report on a patient with a history of Ewing sarcoma who underwent surgery and subsequent adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy. He developed low-back pain 6 months after the end of the radiotherapy and during consolidation chemotherapy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed evidence of myositis corresponding to the ‘radiation-recall phenomenon’, an inflammatory reaction of irradiated tissue.

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Title: Radiation-recall myositis presenting as low-back pain (2010: 4b)
Authors: Geert Heirwegh
Eveline Bruyeer
Marleen Renard
Anne Uyttebroeck
Philippe Demaerel
Publication date: 01-07-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Radiology / Issue 7/2010
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-009-1562-8

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