Summary
A 50-year-old patient developed a left temporal fibrochondrosarcoma 27 years after radiation therapy for a suspected pituitary adenoma. The long latency between the irradiation and the development of the sarcoma and the histological nature of the tumour are unusual features for a malignant radiation-induced intracranial tumour. The histogenesis of fibrochondrosarcoma of the brain is discussed.
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Pagès, A., Pagès, M., Ramos, J. et al. Radiation-induced intracranial fibrochondrosarcoma. J Neurol 233, 309–310 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00314165
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