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Table 2 Relationship between WMLs and CELs and their changes over time in unilateral temporal lobe injury

From: Evolution of radiation-induced temporal lobe injury after intensity-modulated radiation therapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a large cohort retrospective study

Lesion evolution

CELs increasing, n (%)

CELs decreasing, n (%)

CELs increasing followed by decreasing, n (%)

CELs decreasing followed by increasing, n (%)

CELs stable, n (%)

WMLs increasing

148 (17.2)

8 (0.9)

28 (3.3)

2 (0.2)

5 (0.6)

WMLs decreasing

5 (0.6)

298 (34.6)

17 (2.0)

5 (0.6)

5 (0.6)

WMLs increasing followed by decreasing

9 (1.0)

4 (0.5)

215 (25.0)

1 (0.1)

2 (0.2)

WMLs decreasing followed by increasing

2 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

3 (0.3)

28 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

WMLs stable

6 (0.7)

13 (1.5)

4 (0.5)

1 (0.1)

48 (5.6)

  1. WMLs white matter lesions, CELs contrast-enhanced lesions