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We describe a patient with multiple cysts in the cerebral white matter, several years after whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) for a solitary cerebellar metastasis of a lung carcinoma. MR images of the brain show diffuse white matter changes, 1 year after radiation, and cyst formation in the white matter, starting 3.5 years later. We conclude that cysts in the cerebral white matter can be a late stage of white matter damage after whole brain radiation therapy in long-term survivors with brain metastases.
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Brandsma, D., van Helvoirt, R. & Taphoorn, M.J. Multiple Cysts in the Cerebral White Matter: A Rare Complication of Whole Brain Radiation Therapy. J Neurooncol 53, 51–54 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011870013044
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