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CASE REPORT
Radiation-induced intracranial meningioma and multiple cavernomas
  1. Danai Chourmouzi1,
  2. Elissavet Papadopoulou1,
  3. Athanasios Kontopoulos2,
  4. Antonios Drevelegas1
  1. 1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Interbalcan Medical Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece
  2. 2Department of Neurosurgery, Interbalcan Medical Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece
  1. Correspondence to Dr Danai Chourmouzi, dchourm{at}hol.gr

Summary

Brain irradiation has several well-known long-term side effects, including radiation-induced neoplasms and vasculopathy. In this case report, we describe an extremely rare case of meningioma and 15 cavernomas developing in a 29-year-old man, 19 years after cranial irradiation for posterior cranial fossa medulloblastoma. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a radiation-induced meningioma accompanied by this many radiation-induced cavernous angiomas.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-010041

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