Kurwale Nilesh S, Ahmad Faiz Uddin, Satyarthi Gurudatt, Suri Ashish, Mahapatra Ashok Kumar
Cardio-Neuro Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110 029, India.
J Clin Neurosci. 2008 Nov;15(11):1287-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.08.029. Epub 2008 Oct 1.
Radiation is a well-known etiology for many CNS tumors, including meningiomas, sarcomas and gliomas. However, occurrence of pituitary adenoma after radiation exposure is rare. We report a 21-year-old man with a pituitary adenoma, who was treated with post-operative radiotherapy for pontine glioma at 6 years of age. The role of radiation exposure in the etiology of pituitary adenoma is discussed, along with a literature review of radiation-induced tumors.
