Abstract
Ionizing radiation therapy is associated with pathological vascular changes in intracranial vessels, most commonly in the form of vessel thrombosis and occlusion. The development of an intracranial aneurysm following such therapy, however, is far less common. In this report the authors describe a 24-year-old man in whom a distal middle cerebral artery aneurysm developed 15 years after radiotherapy, which was given as adjuvant treatment following resection of a medulloblastoma. The patient underwent a craniotomy for microsurgical trapping of the aneurysm and was discharged without any neurological deficit. This case serves to remind clinicians of the possibility, albeit rare, that intracranial aneurysms may form following cranial radiotherapy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 134-139 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of neurosurgery |
Volume | 105 PEDIATRICS |
Issue number | SUPPL. 2 |
State | Published - Aug 1 2006 |
Keywords
- Intracranial aneurysm
- Medulloblastoma
- Pediatric neurosurgery
- Radiation therapy
- Vasculopathy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Clinical Neurology