title: Synchronous basal cell carcinoma and meningioma following cranial irradiation for a pilocytic astrocytoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK. michael.jenkinson@thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Jenkinson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Javadpour
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: du Plessis
authors.forename: M D M
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: 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*