Glioma after cerebral hydatid disease.
BACKGROUND
The authors present the case of a 31-year-old man with a malignant glioma. He had been treated for cerebral hydatid as a child, and 22 years later he developed a glioma at the site of his previous disease.


CONCLUSIONS
Could chronic inflammatory change following intracranial hydatid disease have induced neoplastic transformation of glial cells?
St  George
E J
EJ
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, CF4 4XW, Cardiff, UK. edward.st.george@lineone.net
Hillier
C E M
CE
Hatfield
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D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005910:Glioma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed