Amyloid Degeneration of the Human Brain Following X-Ray Therapy

1 January 1950

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Vol. 9 (1) , 93-102
https://doi.org/10.1097/00005072-195001000-00006

Abstract

Two cases of degeneration of the human brain following an overdose of X-ray are reported. The predominant histologic feature was a formation of an amorphous substance of an amyloid character in the areas of the brain which were exposed to the X-rays.