[SMART syndrome: case report of a rare complication after cerebral radiation therapy]

P Truntzer; A Monjour; C Gaultier; G Ahle; F Guillerme; G Boutenbat; B Stilhart; P Salze; D Atlani

doi:10.1016/j.canrad.2012.03.009

[SMART syndrome: case report of a rare complication after cerebral radiation therapy]

Cancer Radiother. 2012 Jul-Aug;16(4):295-301. doi: 10.1016/j.canrad.2012.03.009. Epub 2012 Jul 20.

[Article in French]

Authors

P Truntzer¹, A Monjour, C Gaultier, G Ahle, F Guillerme, G Boutenbat, B Stilhart, P Salze, D Atlani

Affiliation

¹ Service de radiothérapie, centre Paul-Strauss, Porte-de-l'Hôpital, Strasbourg, France. [email protected]

PMID: 22819470
DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2012.03.009

Abstract

The authors report a 71-year-old woman case who developed, 7 years after a cerebral radiation therapy for a parietooccipital glioblastoma, a stroke-like migraine attacks after radiotherapy syndrome (SMART syndrome), a rare complication characterized by reversible neurologic deficits with migraine described after cerebral irradiation. Transient gyriform reversible enhancement is found on MRI during crises. This case report allows discussing the clinical, iconographic presentation and the clinical outcome of this syndrome at the light of the literature publication.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Female
Glioblastoma / radiotherapy*
Humans
Migraine Disorders / etiology*
Radiotherapy / adverse effects
Stroke / etiology*
Syndrome