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. 1982 Mar;45(3):267–270. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.45.3.267

Early-delayed radiation rhombencephalopathy.

S Nightingale, P J Dawes, N E Cartlidge
PMCID: PMC491351  PMID: 7086449

Abstract

A 37-year-old woman developed an early-delayed rhombencephalopathy 7 weeks after completing a course of radiotherapy to a glomus jugulare tumour. The clinical features, comprising nystagmus, skew strabismus, unilateral facial weakness, dysarthria and ataxia, are compared with four previously reported patients with this syndrome.

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