[Central nervous system abnormalities namely secondary brain tumors].
A 22 year-old-man with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia had received prophylactic cranial irradiation and intrathecal chemotherapy. Eighteen years later a cerebellar glioblastoma multiforme was diagnosed. The authors speculate about the possibility that this tumor may have been radiation and/or chemotherapy induced. Improvement in neuroimaging techniques, in particular magnetic resonance imaging, has helped characterize Central Nervous System abnormalities, namely secondary brain tumours.
Vieira Santos
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Serviço de Neurorradiologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada.
Vilela
Pedro
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Mateus
Luís
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Saraiva
Paulo F
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Goulão
Augusto
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D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed