Ventriculoperitoneal shunt related meningioma following excision and radiotherapy for glioma

A 25-year-old man with a history of childhood cerebellar glioma treated by surgical removal, radiotherapy and a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt presented with a 5 month history of frontal headaches. Imaging revealed a mass surrounding his shunt, which was surgically removed, with the shunt left in s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical neuroscience 1999-07, Vol.6 (4), p.347-348
Hauptverfasser:	Holthouse, David J, Robbins, Peter D, Lee, Michael A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences glioma Medical sciences meningioma Neurosurgery radiotherapy Skull, brain, vascular surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	A 25-year-old man with a history of childhood cerebellar glioma treated by surgical removal, radiotherapy and a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt presented with a 5 month history of frontal headaches. Imaging revealed a mass surrounding his shunt, which was surgically removed, with the shunt left in situ. Histopathological examination revealed an atypical and invasive meningioma. A similar case of a meningioma related to a shunt appears in the literature, again in the context of radiotherapy following removal of a previous neoplasm.
ISSN:	0967-5868 1532-2653
DOI:	10.1016/S0967-5868(99)90063-2