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This condition often leads to varying degrees of sensory and motor impairment. Neurological complications, which are typically permanent, manifest a long period after irradiation.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We describe a case of progressive lower extremity weakness and sensory impairment in a woman who had been effectively treated with radiotherapy for cervical cancer with development 36\u00a0years after irradiation. The electrophysiological assessment revealed a subacute bilateral axonal lesion of the lumbosacral plexus. None of the clinical manifestations, serology, cerebrospinal fluid or imaging data discovered an explanation other than radiation-induced lumbosacral plexopathy (RILP).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This case demonstrates that RILP may emerge more than 30\u00a0years after the radiotherapy.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12883-022-03013-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,12]],"date-time":"2022-12-12T09:03:24Z","timestamp":1670835804000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Case report: radiation-induced lumbosacral plexopathy \u2013 a very late complication of radiotherapy for cervical cancer"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3626-4177","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Peter","family":"Krkoska","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tomas","family":"Kazda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniela","family":"Vlazna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Blanka","family":"Adamova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,12]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"3013_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"273","DOI":"10.1016\/j.radonc.2012.10.012","volume":"105","author":"S Delanian","year":"2012","unstructured":"Delanian S, Lefaix JL, Pradat PF. 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