Clinical characteristics and treatment of radiation-induced sympathetic nerve injury
YAO Qingyang
LI Yi
TANG Yamei
ZHENG Dong
Abstract：Objective To investigate the characteristics,treatment and prognosis of radiation-induced sympathetic chain injury.Methods We observed 6 cases with radiation-induced sympathetic chain injury and re-viewed the clinical features,treatment and prognosis of these patients. Results The median age of these 6 cases was 50 and the interval between radiotherapy to onset was 7.7 years.Dizziness was the first and most common symp-tom and dramatic fluctuation of blood pressure was the most common physical sign.Steroids might be considered for the treatment of radiation-induced sympathetic nerve injury. However,the therapeutic effect still needs to be proved.Conclusions Sympathetic nerve injury is an uncommon but dramatic symptom in NPC patients after radio-therapy.
Keywords：radiotherapynasopharyngeal carcinomasympathetic nervenerve injury
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 202-204,208 )