PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J G Teo
AU  - K Y Goh
AU  - A Ahuja
AU  - H K Ng
AU  - W S Poon
TI  - Intracranial vascular calcifications, glioblastoma multiforme, and lead poisoning.
DP  - 1997 Mar 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 576--579
VI  - 18
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/18/3/576.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/18/3/576.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1997 Mar 01; 18
AB  - 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.