TY - JOUR T1 - Intracranial vascular calcifications, glioblastoma multiforme, and lead poisoning. JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 576 LP - 579 VL - 18 IS - 3 AU - J G Teo AU - K Y Goh AU - A Ahuja AU - H K Ng AU - W S Poon Y1 - 1997/03/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/18/3/576.abstract N2 - A 72-year-man with previous lead poisoning presented with raised intracranial pressure and localizing neurologic signs. CT scans showed a high-grade glioma and extensive intracranial calcifications, which proved to be vascular in distribution on postmortem examination. The latter findings support the concept of dystrophic calcification following lead-induced cerebrovascular injury. Lead poisoning should be considered in the differential diagnosis of unexplained intracranial calcifications. There is also evidence from previous studies to suggest a causative relationship between lead poisoning and development of glioma. ER -