Malignant cerebellar astrocytoma developing 15 years after radiation therapy for a medulloblastoma

T. Furuta; K. Sugiu; T. Tamiya; K. Matsumoto; T. Ohmoto

doi:10.1016/S0303-8467(97)00122-4

Malignant cerebellar astrocytoma developing 15 years after radiation therapy for a medulloblastoma

T. Furuta, K. Sugiu, T. Tamiya, K. Matsumoto, T. Ohmoto

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Abstract

A case of malignant cerebellar astrocytoma occurring 15 years after the radiation therapy for a medulloblastoma is reported. The tumor developed at the same site of irradiation after a sufficient latent period and was completely different from medulloblastoma in its histology. This tumor fulfilled the criteria of radiation-induced neoplasm. Only seven similar cases have been reported up to the present. Whole neuraxis irradiation following a gross total resection is a standard treatment for medulloblastoma, but the possibility of the development of radiation-induced tumors must be borne in mind for a long time after the radiation therapy for medulloblastoma.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	56-59
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume	100
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0303-8467(97)00122-4
Publication status	Published - Mar 1998

Keywords

Malignant astrocytoma
Medulloblastoma
Radiation therapy
Radiation-induced tumor

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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