Key result
Radiotherapy-induced arterial injury was characterized by necrotizing vasculitis and injury to the vasa vasorum, leading to occlusive thrombosis of the internal carotid artery and fatal brain infarct.
Population
A 35-year-old man who died of a brain infarct 20 months after radiotherapy for carcinoma of the tonsil with…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
20 months
Authors
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May signal delayed carotid thrombosis risk post-radiotherapy; case report leaves open vasa vasorum injury as distinguisher from atherosclerosis.
Case Report (n=1)
Injury to the vasa vasorum and consequent ischaemic lesions of the arterial wall may be key morphological features distinguishing radiation-induced arterial injury from spontaneous atherosclerosis.
Zidar et al. (1997) conducted a case report in Radiation-induced arterial injury (n=1). Radiotherapy was evaluated on Histological findings of the internal carotid artery and vasa vasorum. Radiotherapy-induced arterial injury was characterized by necrotizing vasculitis and injury to the vasa vasorum, leading to occlusive thrombosis of the internal carotid artery and fatal brain infarct.
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