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Radiation-induced meningioma with a long latency period: a case report

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Multiple meningiomas were diagnosed in a 43-year-old man previously treated with high-dose craniospinal radiotherapy at the age of 7 years for medulloblastoma. We suggest that surveillance MRI after high-dose craniospinal radiotherapy should be extended to several (3–5) decades.

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  1. Radiotherapy Clinic, St Elisabeth Cancer Institute, Heydukova 10, 812 50 Bratislava, Slovakia. eboljesi@ousa.sk, , , , , , SK

    Elena Bolješíková, Martin Chorváth & Peter Hurta

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Derer's University Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia, , , , , , SK

    Juraj Šteňo

  3. MRI Department, Derer's University Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia, , , , , , SK

    Ivan Bízik

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  1. Elena Bolješíková
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Received: 20 April 2000 Revised: 20 October 2000 Accepted: 30 March 2001

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Bolješíková, E., Chorváth, M., Hurta, P. et al. Radiation-induced meningioma with a long latency period: a case report. Pediatric Radiology 31, 607–609 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470100502

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