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. 2012 Aug 10;7:136. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-7-136

Table 1.

Review of skull base radiation-induced osteosarcoma

Authors (year) Age (year) Sex Primary tumor Radiation dose (Gy) Latency (years) Site of OS Treatment Survival period
Amine & Sugar (1976) [13]
16 F
pituitary adenoma
51.0
10
sella
radiation
5 weeks
Tanaka et al. (1989) [14]
57 M
craniopharyngioma
110.0
15
sphenoid wing
embolization surgery
2 weeks
Salvati et al. (1994) [15]
45 M
pituitary adenoma
44.0
12
sphenoid
radiation (50 Gy)
16 months
Gnanalingham et al. (2002) [8]
67 F
pituitary adenoma
52.2
14
sella
surgery
-
Hansen et al. (2003) [16]
29 M
pituitary adenoma
52.0
22
sella–clivus
surgery
(short)
Bembo et al. (2004) [17]
45 M
pituitary adenoma
46.8
5
sella
surgery
7 weeks
Patel et al. (2011) [18]
44 F
craniopharyngioma
60.0
9
sphenoid–ethmoid sinus
chemotherapy
16 months
Present case 75 F pituitary adenoma 50.0 20 sphenoid sinus surgery chemotherapy cyber-knife 24 months ~