Radiation-induced brain injury

Description

Injury to the brain from therapeutic cranial irradiation which may be divided temporally into three syndromes: Acute or early toxicity which is consequent upon immediate exposure to radiation, early-delayed injury and late-delayed injury although the three may overlap.

Index terms

Radiation-induced brain injury
Brain irradiation effect
Brain irradiation syndrome

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Injury to the brain from therapeutic cranial irradiation
Post radiation brain injury
Early brain irradiation
Acute toxicity due to early brain irradiation
Encephalopathy due to early brain irradiation
Early-delayed brain irradiation
Encephalopathy due to early-delayed brain irradiation
Late-delayed brain irradiation
Late delayed radiation neuronal necrosis
Cognitive impairment due to late-delayed brain irradiation
Cerebrovascular disease due to late-delayed brain irradiation
Cataract due to late-delayed brain irradiation
Pituitary dysfunction due to late-delayed brain irradiation
Secondary tumours due to late-delayed brain irradiation

Exclusions from above levels

05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

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22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Sibling codes

8E61.1 – Spinal cord irradiation
8E61.Z – Post radiation injury of the nervous system, unspecified

Foundation entity

Radiation-induced brain injury – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1677166437

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 8E61: Post radiation injury of the nervous system › 08: Diseases of the nervous system