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Radiation-induced intracranial fibrochondrosarcoma
Journal of Neurology
|October 1, 1986
Summary
A rare brain tumor, fibrochondrosarcoma, developed 27 years after radiation therapy for a pituitary adenoma. This case highlights unusual features of radiation-induced intracranial tumors.
Area of Science:
- Neuro-oncology
- Radiation Oncology
- Pathology
Background:
- Radiation therapy is a known risk factor for secondary malignancies.
- Intracranial tumors can develop years after therapeutic irradiation.
- Pituitary adenomas are commonly treated with radiation therapy.