Postirradiation necrosis of the temporal lobe presenting as a glioma. Case report.
A patient is reported who presented with manifestations of a space-occupying lesion in the left temporal lobe thought to be a metastasis, but on radiological examination and surgical exploration appeared to be a diffuse infiltrative glioma. Some 21 months earlier he had received a course of fast neutron therapy to a carcinoma of the left parotid gland. Diagnosis by microscopic examination revealed changes characteristic of delayed radiation necrosis.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology