Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

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Should Adjuvant Radiotherapy Be Recommended for Pediatric Craniopharyngiomas?

  • Dadlani, Ravi (Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences) ;
  • Ghosal, Nandita (Department of Pathology, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences) ;
  • Hegde, Alangar Sathya (Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences)
  • Received : 2013.01.07
  • Accepted : 2013.12.12
  • Published : 2014.01.28
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Abstract

Intracranial tumors secondary to radiotherapy are rare. In this group gliomas are the rarest. Only 6 cases of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) have been reported in patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT) for craniopharyngiomas of which only 4 have been in children less than 18 years of age. In recent years RT has become a mainstay of adjuvant therapy for recurrent or partially excised craniopharyngiomas. We report a child of 12 years who had previously undergone RT for a suprasellar craniopharyngioma and presented 10 years later with a GBM. This is the 5th pediatric case in literature demonstrating a GBM after RT for a craniopharyngioma. The implications of subjecting the pediatric population to RT for a benign lesion versus the outcome of gross total removal and management of RT induced tumors is discussed and the need to avail of safer alternatives such as stereotactic radiosurgery is stressed.

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