Radiation-induced meningioma with a long latency period: a case report.
Multiple meningiomas were diagnosed in a 43-year-old man previously treated with high-dose craniospinal radiotherapy at the age of 7 years for medulloblastoma. We suggest that surveillance MRI after high-dose craniospinal radiotherapy should be extended to several (3-5) decades.
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Radiotherapy Clinic, St Elisabeth Cancer Institute, Heydukova 10, 812 50 Bratislava, Slovakia. eboljesi@ousa.sk
Chorváth
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Hurta
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Steno
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D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors