Revista: | Revista médica de Chile |
Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
Número de sistema: | 000431100 |
ISSN: | 0034-9887 |
Autores: | Faúndez Salazar, Javier1 San Martín Meza, Evelyn Salgado Fernández, Apolo1 |
Instituciones: | 1Instituto Nacional del Cáncer, Radioterapia Oncológica, Santiago de Chile. Chile |
Año: | 2019 |
Periodo: | Jul |
Volumen: | 147 |
Número: | 7 |
Paginación: | 928-931 |
País: | Chile |
Idioma: | Español |
Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
Enfoque: | Caso clínico |
Resumen en inglés | 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 |
Disciplinas: | Medicina |
Palabras clave: | Neurología, Oncología, Radiología, Melanoma, Esclerosis múltiple, Radioterapia, Efectos adversos, Fenómeno de Lhermitte |
Keyword: | Neurology, Oncology, Radiology, Melanoma, Multiple sclerosis, Radiotherapy, Adverse effects, Lhermitte phenomenon |
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