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Myelopathy due to radiation injury

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Link to WHO Definition

Myelopathy due to radiation injury – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/688537570

Radiation myelopathy is a serious potential complication associated with radiation therapy to the spinal cord. Its exact cause is unknown. It represents a spectrum of syndromes, the most common of which are acute transient radiation myelopathy and chronic progressive radiation myelitis. Cord damage is related to a number of controllable factors including dose fraction size, treatment time, total dose, length of cord irradiated, and technical errors.