Spontaneous epidural haematoma associated with radiation-induced malignant fibrous histiocytoma

G Leung; P Yip; Y W Fan

Spontaneous epidural haematoma associated with radiation-induced malignant fibrous histiocytoma

J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1999 Dec;44(6):404-6.

Authors

G Leung¹, P Yip, Y W Fan

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Hong Kong.

PMID: 10612964

Abstract

We report a case of spontaneous epidural haemorrhage associated with metastatic radiation-induced malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the dural meninges in a patient who had been previously treated for nasopharyngeal carcinoma with radiotherapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoma / radiotherapy
Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / etiology*
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / complications*
Humans
Male
Meningeal Neoplasms / complications*
Middle Aged
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / radiotherapy
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / complications*
Neoplasms, Second Primary / complications*