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8925598

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
We present the case of a 28-year-old man who underwent craniotomy and subsequent radiotherapy for a suprasellar craniopharyngioma at the age of 8 years. The patient suffered from a severe pituitary deficiency until his death. The cause of death was a bronchopneumonia. At necropsy epithelial tissue characteristic of craniopharyngioma was no longer found, but instead a subependymoma of the third ventricle. Up to now most reported primary central nervous system tumors associated with subependymomas were ependymomas. However, in 1 case very similar to ours a subependymoma was associated with a craniopharyngioma. Furthermore, only rare examples of subependymomas of the third ventricle have been reported. The growth of a subependymoma might have been induced by intense reactive gliosis as a response of the adjacent brain tissue to the craniopharyngioma. However, in view of the repeated post-operative irradiation in our case the possibility of radiation-induced glioma has also to be considered.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0722-5091
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
63-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Subependymoma of the third ventricle after partial resection of a craniopharyngioma and repeated postoperative irradiation.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neuropathology, University of Basel, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports