Table 1 Case reports of secondary malignancy following stereotactic radiosurgery
Reference | Patienta | Indication for radiation | Location of primary lesion | Latency period | Secondary malignancy | Location of secondary lesion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comey 1998 [14] | 44M | VS | Cerebellopontine angle | 5 years | Triton tumor | Cerebellopontine angle |
Noren 1998 [15] | 18Fb | VS | Cerebellopontine angle | 6 years | Triton tumor | Cerebellopontine angle |
Thomsen 2000 [16] | 19Fb | VS | Cerebellopontine angle | 6 years | Meningosarcoma | Cerebellopontine angle |
Yu 2000 [17] | 70F | Meningioma | Occipital region | 7 years | GBM | Occipital lobe |
Kaido 2001 [18] | 20M | AVM | Right parietal lobe | 6.5 years | GBM | Right parietal lobe |
Shamisa 2001 [19] | 57F | VS | Cerebellopontine angle | 7.5 years | GBM | Inferior temporal lobe |
Bari 2002 [20] | 30Fb | VS | Cerebellopontine angle | 3.5 years | Malignant nerve sheath tumor | Cerebellopontine angle |
Salvati 2003 [11] | 66F | Cavernoma | Right frontal region | 13 years | GBM | Right frontal, corpus callosum |
Shin 2002 [21] | 26F | VS | Cerebellopontine angle | 6 years | Malignant nerve sheath | Cerebellopontine angle |
McIver 2004 [22] | 43F | Metastatic melanoma | Left parietal parasagittal region | 5.3 years | Anaplastic astrocytoma | Cerebellum |
Sanno 2004 [23] | 53F | Meningioma | Falx cerebri | 5 years | Osteosarcoma | Right parietal lobe |
Sheehan 2006 [1] | 7M | AVM | Right basal ganglia | 12 years | Assumed meningioma (?) | Right lateral middle cranial fossa |
Sheehan 2006 [1] | 16F | AVM | Right temporal | 10 years | Assumed meningioma (?) | Right temporal lobe |
Balasubramaniam 2007 [24] | 64Fb | AVM | Cerebellopontine angle | 5 years | GBM | Right temporal lobe |
Berman 2007 [25] | 34F | AVM | Pineal region | 9 years | GBM | Corpus callosum and/or right parietal lobe |
Carlson 2009 [26] | 15Fb | AVM | Bilateral posterior fossae | 10 years | Rhabdomyosarcoma | Inferior right medulla and cerebellomedullary cistern |