Spinal cord glioma following irradiation for Hodgkin's disease.
A 21-year-old patient, after radiation therapy to the mediastinum for Hodgkin's disease, died six years later of a spinal cord glioma, believed to be caused by irradiation therapy. That the x-ray therapy provoked neoplastic changes seems likely, although it could be coincidental.
D000328:Adult; D005910:Glioma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology