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A case is reported of a 36 y/o man treated with radiation therapy for cervical cord ependymoma who developed malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the cervical spine 15 years later. Pathology revealed the sarcoma adjacent to the recurrent ependymoma. Post-radiation sarcomas following treatment of central nervous system malignancies is discussed.
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Nadeem, S.Q., Feun, L.G., Bruce-Gregorios, J.H. et al. Post radiation sarcoma (malignant fibrous histiocytoma) of the cervical spine following ependymoma (a case report). J Neuro-Oncol 11, 263–268 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00165536
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