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¹Kayseri Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Radyasyon Onkoloji Kliniği, Kayseri
²Erciyes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Radyasyon Onkolojisi Anabilim Dalı, Kayseri
³Erciyes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Radyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Kayseri
⁴Kayseri Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Kliniği, Kayseri Normal tissue injury may lead to severe late side effects after therapeutic use of irradiation. Radiation myelopathy (RM) is an uncommon complication of therapeutic irradiation whenever the spinal cord is included within the radiation treatment field. Several factors such as radiation dose, fractination, linear energy transfer, chemotherapy, modify its occurrence and severity. Herein, we report a 43-year-old male patient with nasopharyngeal cancer who developed RM after concomitant chemoradiotherapy and discussed the literature. Keywords : Myelopathy; radiation; spinal cord