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7662412

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-10-10
pubmed:abstractText
We present an autopsy case of a severely handicapped 21-year-old woman. A subependymoma that was pathologically confirmed by biopsy was found at the age of 6 months, and radiation therapy was administered at 1 year. Thereafter, she developed severe growth retardation, spastic quadriplegia, profound mental retardation and intractable epilepsy. The patient died of acute cardiovascular failure at the age of 21. Unexpectedly, at autopsy more than 20 multiple meningiomas were found intracranially. Such a large number of meningiomas is rare, even though they might be induced by radiation. This case warns us of the use of radiotherapy for brain tumors in infancy, and points to the necessity of following such patients with radioimaging to detect radiation-induced brain tumors in an early stage.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0029-0831
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
246-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-12-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
[An autopsy case of a severely handicapped woman with subependymoma in infancy and multiple meningiomas in adulthood: problems of using radiation therapy for brain tumors in infancy].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Kanagawa Rehabilitation Center, Atsugi.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports