Meningioma and cavernous angioma following childhood radiotherapy

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-335

  Baheti, Akshay D ^a   Mahore, Amit S ^a   Zade, Bhooshan P ^b   Jalali, Rakesh ^b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cavernous angioma; meningioma; radiation induced neoplasms; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVULSION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; SKULL IRRADIATION;

ADULT; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 78650147202     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.73348     Document Type: Article

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