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Glioma after cerebral hydatid disease

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Background

The authors present the case of a 31-year-old man with a malignant glioma. He had been treated for cerebral hydatid as a child, and 22 years later he developed a glioma at the site of his previous disease.

Discussion

Could chronic inflammatory change following intracranial hydatid disease have induced neoplastic transformation of glial cells?

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St. George, E.J., Hillier, C.E.M. & Hatfield, R. Glioma after cerebral hydatid disease. Childs Nerv Syst 19, 837–840 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-003-0810-5

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