A case of radiation overdose in radiotherapy
Description
The report describes a case of radiation overdose in the radiotherapeutic treatment of plantar warts. The treatment which caused necrosis and ostemyelitis in a big toe, implied a skin dose of 20 Gy to each of five partly overlapping treatment fields. A phantom test carried out by the National Institute of Radiation Hygiene, indicates doses to periosteum of appr. 70 Gy. It seems that the overdose mainly has been caused by high absorption in bone tissue and high photo emission from bone tissue. It is pointed out that most of the radiation treatment of benign diseases in Norway is carried out by roentgen diagnosticians. If the treatment of these diseases shall be maintained in the future, the educational consequenses should be thoroughly discussed
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Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Norwegian)
- Et tilfelle av overdosering ved straaleterapi
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 23 p.
- Report number
- SIS--1985:5
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Norway
- Country of Input or Organization
- Norway
- INIS RN
- 17006288
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BONE TISSUES; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; NECROSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHANTOMS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECTS; SOFT X RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INJURIES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEDICINE; MOCKUP; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; SKELETAL DISEASES; STRUCTURAL MODELS; THERAPY; TISSUES; X RADIATION