Intracranial meningiomas following irradiation therapy for brain tumors.
Two cases of radiation-induced meningiomas following therapeutic irradiation given for primary diagnosed malignant brain tumor are presented. The meningiomas, histologically different from the initial brain tumor, appeared 15 and 21 years after high-dose brain irradiation. The possible risk of carcinogenesis within the CNS resulted from therapeutic cranial irradiation is stressed.
Matyja
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Department of Neuropathology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa.
Kroh
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Bojarski
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D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008579:Meningioma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*