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Vol. 16. Issue 3.
Pages 266-270 (January 2005)
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Vol. 16. Issue 3.
Pages 266-270 (January 2005)
Meningiomas after radiation-therapy for benign astrocytomas
Meningiomas tras radioterapia en astrocitomas benignos
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J. Ros de San Pedro, M. Martínez-Pérez
Servicio Regional de Neurocirugía. Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia
J. Martínez-Lage*,
, M. Poza*
* Laboratorio de Neurología y Neurocirugía Experimental (NYNE), grupo Omega. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo. Murcia
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A 4.5 year-old-girl was submitted to subtotal removal of a benign astrocytoma of the left temporal lobe with basal ganglia extensión and given radiotherapy. At age 27, she was found to harbor a right posterior frontal meningioma that was totally removed. A recurrence of the right convexity meningioma was again excised after a 4-year interval. The authors report this case to ¡Ilústrate the possibility of the appearance of radiation-induced meningiomas after an interval of 22 years and briefly discuss 16 previous reports on this occurrence in benign astrocytomas.

Key words:
Radiation-induced meningioma
Radiation-induced neoplasms
Benign astrocytoma
Second neoplasms
Radiotherapy complications
Resumen

Se presenta el caso de una niña de 4 años y medio que recibió radioterapia local tras la resección casi total de un astrocitoma benigno temporal izquierdo con extensión a ganglios básales. A los 27 años fue operada con extirpación macroscópica total de un meningioma frontal posterior derecho, que recidivó y fue reoperado 4 años más tarde. El propósito de la comunicación es comentar la posibilidad de la aparición de un meningioma radioinducido 22 años después de la radioterapia y revisar brevemente 16 casos similares de meningioma tras la radioterapia en astrocitomas benignos.

Palabras clave:
Meningioma radioinducido
Tumor radioinducido
Astrocitoma benigno
Segundos tumores
Complicaciones de la radioterapia

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