Preferred Label : Myelopathy due to radiation injury;
ICD-11 definition : Radiation myelopathy is a serious potential complication associated with radiation
therapy to the spinal cord. Its exact cause is unknown. It represents a spectrum of
syndromes, the most common of which are acute transient radiation myelopathy and chronic
progressive radiation myelitis. Cord damage is related to a number of controllable
factors including dose fraction size, treatment time, total dose, length of cord irradiated,
and technical errors.;
ICD-11 synonym : Myelopathy secondary to radiation injury; Radiation myelopathy;
Origin ID : 688537570;
UMLS CUI : C0270769;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
Radiation myelopathy is a serious potential complication associated with radiation
therapy to the spinal cord. Its exact cause is unknown. It represents a spectrum of
syndromes, the most common of which are acute transient radiation myelopathy and chronic
progressive radiation myelitis. Cord damage is related to a number of controllable
factors including dose fraction size, treatment time, total dose, length of cord irradiated,
and technical errors.
