Radiation-induced intracranial meningioma and multiple cavernomas.
Brain irradiation has several well-known long-term side effects, including radiation-induced neoplasms and vasculopathy. In this case report, we describe an extremely rare case of meningioma and 15 cavernomas developing in a 29-year-old man, 19 years after cranial irradiation for posterior cranial fossa medulloblastoma. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a radiation-induced meningioma accompanied by this many radiation-induced cavernous angiomas.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Interbalcan Medical Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Danai
D
Chourmouzi
Elissavet
E
Papadopoulou
Athanasios
A
Kontopoulos
Antonios
A
Drevelegas
D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures