Catalog

Post radiation dementia

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Post radiation dementia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1642281415

Dementia that develops in an individual due to a diffuse radiation-induced injury, typically whole brain radiation, with consequent atrophy. The dementia can be present in the absence of clear necrosis or imaging abnormalities and clinically is of the subcortical type. There should be an absence of recurrent tumour as a cause of dementia. Another term is radiation induced leukoencephalopathy.