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MENINGIOMA OCCURRING TWENTY‐THREE YEARS AFTER A SUCCESSFULLY TREATED CEREBELLAR MEDULLOBLASTOMA: CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Ojeda VictorJ.,
Stokes BryantA. R.,
Woodland Peter
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1987.tb01318.x
Subject(s) - medicine , medulloblastoma , meningioma , pediatrics , surgery , pathology
A 6 year old boy had a mid‐line cerebellar medulloblastoma treated by local resection followed by craniospinal irradiation. Twenty‐three years later he underwent temporal craniotomy to remove a cystic temporal meningioma. It is suggested that this is a radiation induced neoplasm.