Spinal cord glioma after multiple fluoroscopies during artificial pneumothorax treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: case report.
A patient is reported who developed multiple basal-cell carcinomas of the skin, a breast carcinoma, an astrocytoma of the spinal cord, and a bronchial carcinoid tumor following multiple fluoroscopies during artificial pneumothorax treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis. A review of the literature revealed no previously documented cases of radiation-induced gliomas of the spinal cord.
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000209:etiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000209:etiology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005910:Glioma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology; D011031:Pneumothorax, Artificial; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery