[Benign meningioma following scalp irradiation in north African immigrants].
Many Jewish immigrants from North Africa in the late 1950s were treated with low-dose irradiation of the scalp for tinea capitis. In 2 such patients, a 47-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman, both with long histories of headaches and dizziness, meningiomas were found. There is a well-known correlation between low-dose irradiation of the scalp and development of meningioma. Therefore, in immigrants from North Africa with prolonged headaches and dizziness, there should be a careful history with regard to irradiation of the scalp and investigation to exclude meningioma.
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Dept. of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba.
Aizenberg
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Shvartzman
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D000352:Africa, Northern; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D004244:Dizziness / Q000209:etiology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D012535:Scalp / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000532:radiotherapy*