Multiple disparate cranial neoplasms.
The case of a three-year-old girl with fibrosarcoma of the right orbit is presented. She was initially treated with surgery and later with radiotherapy. After an interval of thirty-three years she developed a suprasellar epidermoid cyst and two years later a right frontal meningioma. The two benign tumors fulfill the usual criteria for irradiation induced tumors and the possible role of radiotherapy in their induction is discussed.
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000209:etiology; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000209:etiology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000209:etiology*; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology