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Radiation necrosis of the brain is a well documented adverse effect of radiation therapy. The authors report an unusual case of relapsing multifocal radiation necrosis following whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) for brain metastases from a systemic germ cell tumor. Anticoagulation with warfarin may have had therapeutic benefit. The patient is alive without a neurological deficit 10 years after the diagnosis of radiation necrosis.
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Cerghet, M., Redman, B., Junck, L. et al. Prolonged survival after multifocal brain radiation necrosis associated with whole brain radiation for brain metastases: case report. J Neurooncol 90, 85–88 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-008-9636-z
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