Section 3 - Disease related to treatment

A. Direct effect of chemotherapy or radiation therapy

1. Diffuse necrotizing leukoencephalopathy
2. Mineralizing microangiopathy
3. Other brain effects of chemotherapy
   a. reversible MR changes with Cyclosporine A
   b. enhancement/necrosis (?) at shunt entrance site
   c. cerebellar degeneration secondary to Cytarabine
4. Spine involvement
   a. chemotherapy induced (necrotizing) myelopathy
5. Second primary malignancy
   
   
B. Effects of bone marrow transplantation (BMT)


1. Graft vs. Host disease (GVHD)
   a. direct brain involvement (VERY rare)

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