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  • Title: Delayed optic nerve complications after proton beam irradiation.
    Author: Chacko JG, Schatz NJ, Glaser JS.
    Journal: Ann Ophthalmol (Skokie); 2008; 40(3-4):166-70. PubMed ID: 19230355.
    Abstract:
    We present two cases of delayed optic nerve complications following proton beam radiotherapy. Patient 1 received radiotherapy after surgery for clival chordoma and developed sequential radiation optic neuropathy at 5 and 9 months. Patient 2 developed optic nerve hemorrhage post radiotherapy for optic nerve sheath meningioma. These two cases of blindness demonstrate the risks associated with proton beam radiotherapy.
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