A Case of Oligodendroglioma after Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Childhood / 임상소아혈액종양
Clinical Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
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: 118-122, 2012.
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ABSTRACT
Secondary brain tumors after cranial irradiation have been reported in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We report a case of secondary oligodendroglioma, occurring in a 19-year-old male, 12 years after the diagnosis of ALL. He was treated with vincristine, asparaginase, doxorubicin, methotrexate, prednisone, 6-mercaptopurine and cytarabine followed by prophylactic cranial irradiation at the age of 7 years. After treatment of ALL was completed at the age of 10 years, he showed symptoms of seizure, headache and decreased visual acuity at the age of 19 years. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain showed a mass lesion which was revealed as low-grade oligodendroglioma by stereotactic biopsy. He was treated with cranial radiotherapy, followed by 4 cycles of chemotherapy composed of PCV (procarbazine, methyl-1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (CCNU), and vincristine) for oligodendroglioma, and sodium valproate for seizure control. The patient showed stable disease and no recurrence of seizure 8 months after treatment.
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Main subject:
Oligodendroglioma
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Asparaginase
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Recurrence
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Seizures
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Vincristine
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Biopsy
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Brain
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Brain Neoplasms
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Prednisone
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Clinical Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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