Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Complicaciones de la radioterapia: fenómeno de Lhermitte gatillado por calor: caso clínico / Complications of radiotherapy: Lhermitte phenomenon triggered by heat: report of one case
Faúndez-Salazar, Javier; San-Martín-Meza, Evelyn; Salgado-Fernández, Apolo.
  • Faúndez-Salazar, Javier; Universidad de Chile. CL
  • San-Martín-Meza, Evelyn; Universidad de Chile. CL
  • Salgado-Fernández, Apolo; Instituto Nacional del Cáncer. Santiago. CL
Rev. méd. Chile ; 147(7): 928-931, jul. 2019. graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-1058623
ABSTRACT
Lhermitte phenomenon is a neurological symptom described as a sensation of electric shock that radiates from the back towards the extremities, which appears when a patient flexes the neck. A transient myelopathy as a late complication of radiotherapy is associated with this symptom. It appears two to four months after treatment and disappears spontaneously. We report a 45 years old female with a neck malignant melanoma treated with surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy. She experienced the Lhermitte phenomenon that was triggered by heat. This phenomenon must be differentiated from the Uhthoff phenomenon.
Subject(s)


Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Pain / Skin Neoplasms / Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Head and Neck Neoplasms / Hot Temperature / Melanoma Type of study: Diagnostic study Limits: Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. méd. Chile Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2019 Type: Article Affiliation country: Chile Institution/Affiliation country: Instituto Nacional del Cáncer/CL / Universidad de Chile/CL

Similar

MEDLINE

...
LILACS

LIS


Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Pain / Skin Neoplasms / Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Head and Neck Neoplasms / Hot Temperature / Melanoma Type of study: Diagnostic study Limits: Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. méd. Chile Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2019 Type: Article Affiliation country: Chile Institution/Affiliation country: Instituto Nacional del Cáncer/CL / Universidad de Chile/CL