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

M D Jenkinson; M Javadpour; D du Plessis; M D M Shaw

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

Br J Neurosurg. 2003 Apr;17(2):182-4.

Authors

M D Jenkinson¹, M Javadpour, D du Plessis, M D M Shaw

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 12820764

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Astrocytoma / radiotherapy
Astrocytoma / surgery
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / etiology*
Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / radiotherapy
Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / 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*