Intracerebral cavernous hemangioma after cranial irradiation in childhood: Incidence and risk factors

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 276-280

  Strenger, Volker ^a   Sovinz, Petra ^a   Lackner, Herwig ^a   Dornbusch, Hans Jürgen ^a   Lingitz, Helga ^a   Eder, Hans G ^a   Moser, Andrea ^a   Urban, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cavernoma; Cavernous hemangioma; Children; Radiation induced late effects

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL IRRADIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PARIETAL LOBE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42449091580     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-008-1817-3     Document Type: Article

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