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The clinical details of autopsy findings from two cases of paraplegia following the treatment of carcinoma of the bronchus by radiotherapy are given and the pathogenesis of radiation myelitis is discussed. Histopathological examination of the spinal cords revealed necrosis without gliosis, and hyaline thickening of small arteries with some endothelial proliferation.
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Rivett, J. Paraplegia due to radiation myelitis following the treatment of carcinoma of the bronchus by radiotherapy. Report of two cases. Spinal Cord 9, 65–72 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1971.10
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