Tumor do sistema nervoso central secundário a radioterapia e quimioterapia.

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  • A Vieira Santos Serviço de Neurorradiologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada.
  • Pedro Vilela
  • Luís Mateus
  • Paulo F Saraiva
  • Augusto Goulão

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.947

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A 22 year-old-man with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia had received prophylactic cranial irradiation and intrathecal chemotherapy. Eighteen years later a cerebellar glioblastoma multiforme was diagnosed. The authors speculate about the possibility that this tumor may have been radiation and/or chemotherapy induced. Improvement in neuroimaging techniques, in particular magnetic resonance imaging, has helped characterize Central Nervous System abnormalities, namely secondary brain tumours.

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Vieira Santos A, Vilela P, Mateus L, Saraiva PF, Goulão A. Tumor do sistema nervoso central secundário a radioterapia e quimioterapia. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 31 de Dezembro de 2006 [citado 17 de Julho de 2024];19(6):451-4. Disponível em: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/947

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