CEREBRO-VASCULOPATHY AND MALIGNANCY - CATASTROPHIC COMPLICATIONS OF RADIOTHERAPY FOR OPTIC-NERVE GLIOMA IN A VON RECKLINGHAUSEN NEUROFIBROMATOSIS PATIENT

Authors
JAMJOOM AB MALABAREY T JAMJOOM ZAB ALSOHAIBANI M HULAILAH A KOLAWOLE T
Citation
Ab. Jamjoom et al., CEREBRO-VASCULOPATHY AND MALIGNANCY - CATASTROPHIC COMPLICATIONS OF RADIOTHERAPY FOR OPTIC-NERVE GLIOMA IN A VON RECKLINGHAUSEN NEUROFIBROMATOSIS PATIENT, Neurosurgical review, 19(1), 1996, pp. 47-51
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
Neurosurgical review → ACNP
ISSN journal
03445607
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
47 - 51
Database
ISI
SICI code
0344-5607(1996)19:1<47:CAM-CC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The authors report a unique case of a patient with intraorbital optic nerve glioma and von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis who developed ce rebro-vasculopathy and malignant transformation in the orbit 18 months after radiotherapy treatment. The case is an important reminder of th e possibly increased susceptibility of von Recklinghausen neurofibroma tosis patients to the complications of radiotherapy.