Synchronous basal cell carcinoma and meningioma following cranial irradiation for a pilocytic astrocytoma.

Abstract

We report a case of synchronous radiation-induced meningioma and basal cell carcinoma in a 48-year-old man who presented to the plastic surgeons with a fixed scalp lesion sited over a craniotomy scar. Synchronous radiation-induced tumours are a rare occurrence.

• Authors: M D Jenkinson, M Javadpour, D du Plessis, M D M Shaw
• Journal: British journal of neurosurgery (Br J Neurosurg) Vol. 17 Issue 2 Pg. 182-4 (Apr 2003) ISSN: 0268-8697 [Print] England
• PMID: 12820764 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Astrocytoma (radiotherapy, surgery)
• Carcinoma, Basal Cell (etiology)
• Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms (radiotherapy, surgery)
• Cranial Irradiation (adverse effects)
• Head and Neck Neoplasms (etiology)
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (methods)
• Male
• Meningeal Neoplasms (etiology)
• Meningioma (etiology)
• Middle Aged
• Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
• Scalp
• Skin Neoplasms (etiology)