Open AccessGlioblastoma 20 years after a nail gun trauma: A risk factor?
Author(s) -
Finneran Megan M.,
Young Michael,
Joyce Larry,
Nardone Emilio M.
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5927
Subject(s) - medicine , confusion , glioblastoma , nail (fastener) , headaches , radiology , risk factor , glioma , surgery , pathology , psychology , materials science , cancer research , psychoanalysis , metallurgy
A 48‐year‐old man presented with headaches and confusion. Imaging demonstrated a right frontal glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), twenty years after a nail gun injury to the same region. GBM in the same location as a previous injury points toward possible causation from the trauma in the development of a high‐grade glioma.