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  • Title: [Radiation-induced cavernoma: two cases].
    Author: Battaglia F, Uro-Coste E, Delisle MB, Tannier C.
    Journal: Rev Neurol (Paris); 2008 May; 164(5):468-71. PubMed ID: 18555880.
    Abstract:
    Only a few cases of cavernomas induced by radiation treatment, 78 patients, have been reported in the literature. The prevalence may be underestimated. Cavernomas occur several years after radiotherapy for brain neoplasia. Medulloblastoma, glioma and acute lymphoblastic lymphoma are commonly diagnosed and treated in childhood, generally in males. We report new cases of cavernomas induced by radiation treatment. The first case was a 55-year-old man given radiation and chemotherapy for frontal astrocytoma at the age of 46. The second concerned a 30-year-old woman treated by radiation and surgery for brainstem medulloblastoma at the age of four. Epidemiological and pathogenic features of radiation-induced cavernoma are discussed.
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