Miyazawa Takahito, Aida Shinsuke, Shima Katsuji
Department of Neurosurgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2008 Mar;48(3):126-30. doi: 10.2176/nmc.48.126.
A radiation-induced cerebellar glioma is extremely rare, and the etiology of such a tumor is unknown. We report a rare case of hemorrhagic cerebellar anaplastic glioma occurring 12 years after prophylactic cranial radiotherapy for acute lymphocytic leukemia. We discuss the etiologies of the radiation-induced hemorrhagic cerebellar glioma as a secondary malignancy after radiotherapy.