Synchronous basal cell carcinoma and meningioma following cranial irradiation for a pilocytic astrocytoma.
We report a case of synchronous radiation-induced meningioma and basal cell carcinoma in a 48-year-old man who presented to the plastic surgeons with a fixed scalp lesion sited over a craniotomy scar. Synchronous radiation-induced tumours are a rare occurrence.
Jenkinson
M D
MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK. michael.jenkinson@thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk
Javadpour
M
M
du Plessis
D
D
Shaw
M D M
MD
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology*; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D016371:Cranial Irradiation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*