[Radiation-induced meningioma: the changing pattern of the disease].
In this country radiation-induced meningiomas were usually associated with low-dose irradiation of the scalp of immigrants from North Africa, given as part of the treatment of tinea capitis. An Ashkenazi patient developed meningiomas 15 years after high-dose irradiation for a benign lesion in the parasellar region. The accumulating literature about high-dose radiation-induced meningiomas is reviewed and attention is drawn to the ever increasing number of meningiomas observed in immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
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Dept. of Neurosurgery, Rambam and Sheba Medical Centers, Haifa.
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000209:etiology*; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors