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Intra-operative real time intracranial subarachnoid haemorrhage during glial tumour resection: A case report
Glial tumours associated with subarachnoid haemorrhage are very rare. A 64-year-old woman admitted with a history of 3 weeks seizures and a left sided hemiparesis and dysphasia. The magnetic resonance disclosed heterogeneously enhancing a right temporal mass. During surgery, suddenly an abrupt and extensive swelling had occurred both in tumour and the brain tissue. The surgery was completed with a gross total tumour resection together with a partial temporal lobectomy. Postoperative computerized tomography demonstrated a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). A cerebral Magnetic Resonance (MR) angiography showed neither an aneurysm nor arteriovenous malformation. Coincidence of an intracerebral tumour and subarachnoid haemorrhage would be devastating
Radio-induced low-grade glioma: report of two cases and review of the literature
With the increasing number of cancer survivors,
we can observe a population that will present a higher
risk of developing secondary long-term toxicities related to
adjuvant chemo and radiotherapy regimens. Among these,
children surviving from acute lymphoblastic leukemia
(ALL) that were treated with prophylactic cranial irradiation
represent a group of patients at a high risk of
developing secondary brain tumors. Radiation-induced
intracranial tumors have been documented since 1950, and
today, more than one-hundred cases have been described.
We report our experience with two young patients who
were hospitalized for low grade gliomas and had a positive
anamnesis for ALL and consequent radiotherapy