| Identifier |
20170402_nanos_posters_009 |
| Title |
Radiation-induced Optic Neuropathy following Whole-Brain Radiotherapy |
| Creator |
Ian Ferguson; Leah Levi; Gregory Van Stavern |
| Affiliation |
(IF) (GV) Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; (LL) University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California |
| Subject |
Chemotherapy and Radiation Injury; Optic Nerve Trauma and Treatment; Optic Neuropathy |
| Description |
Radiation-induced optic neuropathy (RION) is a rare complication of radiotherapy to the anterior visual pathway (AVP) which results in irreversible vision loss. Experimental data support a dose tolerance for the AVP of 50 Gy. Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is a palliative intervention for patients with multiple brain metastases. The most common WBRT regimen delivers a total dose of 30 Gy, well below the dose tolerance threshold of the AVP. This case series reports three patients who developed RION following WBRT. |
| Date |
2017 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
2017 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS 2017: Poster Presentations |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/ |
| Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2017. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6c28qh2 |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
| ID |
1272748 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c28qh2 |
