On six cases of radiation meningiomas from the same community.
The article deals with 6 patients operated on for meningioma many years after they had undergone X-ray therapy because of an epidemic of tinea capitis in their community. One of the patients developed another meningioma 13 years after the operation. A causal connexion between radiation and tumors is supported by the patient linkage and by the similarity of tumor type, site and latency (36.14 +/- 7.51 years).
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000532:radiotherapy*