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Cerebro-vasculopathy and malignancy: catastrophic complications of radiotherapy for optic nerve glioma in a von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis patient

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The authors report a unique case of a patient with intraorbital optic nerve glioma and von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis who developed cerebro-vasculopathy and malignant transformation in the orbit 18 months after radiotherapy treatment. The case is an important reminder of the possibly increased susceptibility of von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis patients to the complications of radiotherapy.

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Abdulhakim B. Jamjoom & Zain Alabedeen B. Jamjoom

  2. Department of Radiology, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Tajuddin Malabarey, Ahmed Hulailah & Taiyewo Kolawole

  3. Department of Pathology, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Mohammed Al-Sohaibani

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Jamjoom, A.B., Malabarey, T., Jamjoom, Z.A.B. et al. Cerebro-vasculopathy and malignancy: catastrophic complications of radiotherapy for optic nerve glioma in a von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis patient. Neurosurg. Rev. 19, 47–51 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00346610

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