Cerebellar malignant glioma after radiation therapy for suprasellar germinoma--case report.
A 39-year-old male was discovered to have a malignant glioma in the right cerebellar hemisphere 8 years after surgical excision of a suprasellar germinoma and postoperative irradiation (4250 cGy). The clinical and pathological details are presented, and the literature on radiation-induced gliomas is reviewed.
Tamura
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Nakamura
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Shirata
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Sato
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Tsubokawa
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Sawada
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D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005910:Glioma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; D011859:Radiography