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Meningioma following irradiation
Author(s) -
Watts Clark
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197611)38:5<1939::aid-cncr2820380513>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - medicine , meningioma , scalp , radiation therapy , lesion , port wine stain , surgery , radiology , laser , physics , optics
The case of a young woman who developed initial symptoms of an intracranial mass lesion 17 years after undergoing irradiation for a port‐wine stain of the right fronto‐temporal and periorbital scalp and face is reported. A right sphenoid wing meningioma was removed 6 years later. The possible relationship between the development of the meningioma and the previous radiotherapy is discussed.