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ReviewActa clinica Croatica2020

THE RISK OF MULTIPLE INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM FORMATION IN PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT DISEASE UNDERGOING RADIATION THERAPY: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW.

Krešimir Rotim, Bruno Splavski, Zlatko Trkanjec, Vladimir Kalousek, Ante Rotim, Tomislav Sajko

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Review in Acta clinica Croatica, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Krešimir Rotim1Department of Neurosurgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 2Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia; 3University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia; 4Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, School of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia; 5Department of Neurology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 6Department of Radiology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 7Department of Neurosurgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.
Bruno Splavski1Department of Neurosurgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 2Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia; 3University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia; 4Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, School of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia; 5Department of Neurology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 6Department of Radiology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 7Department of Neurosurgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.
Zlatko Trkanjec1Department of Neurosurgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 2Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia; 3University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia; 4Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, School of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia; 5Department of Neurology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 6Department of Radiology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 7Department of Neurosurgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.
Vladimir Kalousek1Department of Neurosurgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 2Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia; 3University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia; 4Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, School of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia; 5Department of Neurology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 6Department of Radiology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 7Department of Neurosurgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.
Ante Rotim1Department of Neurosurgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 2Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia; 3University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia; 4Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, School of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia; 5Department of Neurology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 6Department of Radiology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 7Department of Neurosurgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.
Tomislav Sajko1Department of Neurosurgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 2Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia; 3University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia; 4Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, School of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia; 5Department of Neurology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 6Department of Radiology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; 7Department of Neurosurgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neoplastic etiology of intracranial cerebral aneurysm is rare. Yet, the risk of its development is higher in malignant tumor patients receiving radiation therapy. Due to the possible negative effects of irradiation on intracranial vessel walls, the risk of aneurysm formation after radiation therapy, which is crucial for some types of breast cancer patients, continues to be a matter of debate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the hazard of multiple intracranial aneurysm development in patients with malignant disease undergoing radiation therapy. It is based on literature review and case report of a 77-year-old female patient who underwent surgery for multifocal invasive hormone-receptor positive ductal breast carcinoma of no special type, followed by chemotherapy, adjuvant radiation and hormone therapy. Her comorbidity included arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Six unruptured intracranial aneurysms of different bilateral locations were diagnosed incidentally by multi-slice computed tomography angiography and digital subtraction angiography of cerebral vessels. Due to the bilateral aneurysm multiplicity, tumor characteristics and prognosis, comorbidity and relatively advanced age, the patient was not selected for active endovascular or microsurgical aneurysm treatment but only periodical clinical, oncologic and radiological follow-up was advised. In conclusion, the risk of multiple intracranial aneurysm formation in patients with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy is low, but still possible. Long-term follow-up and regular cerebral angiographic check-up studies are necessary in selected malignant patients to decrease such a risk and to evade the worst outcome associated with aneurysm rupture.

Indexed as

Aneurysm, RupturedBreast NeoplasmsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Intracranial AneurysmRadiation InjuriesAgedFemaleHumansMastectomyNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalAneurysms, intracranial, multipleBreast cancerRadiation therapy

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PMID33456125
PMCPMC7808237
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