RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Radiation-Induced Cavernomas of the Brain
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1158
OP 1162
VO 26
IS 5
A1 Jain, Rajan
A1 Robertson, Patricia L.
A1 Gandhi, Dheeraj
A1 Gujar, Sachin K.
A1 Muraszko, Karin M.
A1 Gebarski, Stephen
YR 2005
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/5/1158.abstract
AB Summary: The purpose of this report is to add support to the growing literature that there is a correlation between radiation and cavernomas of the brain, particularly if the radiation is received in childhood, as well as to increase awareness of this correlation in the radiology community. Retrospective review of our experience returned five patients who received radiation therapy while they were children and developed cavernomas in the irradiated tissues 3–41 years later. Cavernomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a hemorrhagic lesion in any patient who has received previous CNS radiation, particularly if he or she underwent radiation therapy in childhood.