TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiation-induced schwannomas of the nervous system
T2 - Report of five cases and review of the literature
AU - Salvati, M.
AU - Polli, F. M.
AU - Caroli, E.
AU - Frati, A.
AU - Missori, P.
AU - Delfini, R.
AU - Palma, L.
PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - Radiation therapy has important delayed effects on the central nervous system. Prominent among these effects is radiation necrosis of nervous tissue, but an oncogenic effect is also recognized. Both benign and malignant intracranial tumors can develop in irradiated fields, particularly in children. Most of these tumors are sarcomas, meningiomas or gliomas and only occasionally schwannomas. We report 5 cases of postirradiation acoustic nerve schwannoma observed in our Department.
AB - Radiation therapy has important delayed effects on the central nervous system. Prominent among these effects is radiation necrosis of nervous tissue, but an oncogenic effect is also recognized. Both benign and malignant intracranial tumors can develop in irradiated fields, particularly in children. Most of these tumors are sarcomas, meningiomas or gliomas and only occasionally schwannomas. We report 5 cases of postirradiation acoustic nerve schwannoma observed in our Department.
KW - Neoplasms, radiation induced
KW - Neurilemmoma
KW - Neuroma, acoustic, etiology
KW - Radiotherapy
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M3 - Article
C2 - 14618141
AN - SCOPUS:0344664497
VL - 47
SP - 113
EP - 116
JO - Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences
JF - Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences
SN - 0026-4881
IS - 2
ER -