Disseminated High-grade Glioma in a Long-term Survivor of Medulloblastoma: Implications and Management of Radiation-induced Malignancies

Neurologist. 2018 Nov;23(6):191-193. doi: 10.1097/NRL.0000000000000199.

Abstract

We describe a gentleman diagnosed with a posterior fossa medulloblastoma in 1998, successfully treated with craniospinal radiation therapy (RT) and posterior fossa RT boost, followed by 12 months of adjuvant chemotherapy. Nineteen years later, at the age of 28, the patient presented with multiple cranial neuropathies and was found to have disseminated high-grade glioma with leptomeningeal dissemination. In addition to the salient features of this case, we provide a brief review of RT-induced malignancies and the need for further research regarding surveillance and prevention strategies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Cranial Irradiation / adverse effects*
  • Deglutition Disorders / diagnostic imaging
  • Deglutition Disorders / etiology
  • Disease Management*
  • Dysarthria / diagnostic imaging
  • Dysarthria / etiology
  • Epilepsy / diagnostic imaging
  • Epilepsy / etiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Medulloblastoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Medulloblastoma / therapy
  • Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / therapy*