title: Posttraumatic glioma: report of a case.
abstract: For a long time, head injury has been considered as a possible causative factor for later development of brain tumors. However, the actual role of previous head trauma in the pathogenesis of intracranial tumors is still a matter of debate, also due to the possible medico-legal implications. Some authors have suggested several criteria for establishing a possible causal relationship between the aforementioned factors. We report a case of a left posterior paraventricular high-grade glioma which developed 20 years after a posttraumatic hematoma occurring in the same area. This case is reported in detail and the relevant literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Neurological Centre of Latium 'NCL', Rome, Italy ; Department of Biopathology, Institute of Anatomical Pathology, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spallone
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Izzo
authors.forename: Augusto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orlandi
keywords: Brain tumors; Head injury; MRI
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