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NEUROLOGY 2005;64:350-352
© 2005 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Intracranial meningioma and ionizing radiation in medical and occupational settings

L. E. Phillips, SM, C. L. Frankenfeld, PhD, M. Drangsholt, DDS, MPH, T. D. Koepsell, MD, MPH, G. van Belle, PhD and W. T. Longstreth, Jr., MD, MPH

From the Neuroepidemiology Group, Departments of Epidemiology (Drs. Frankenfeld, Koepsell, and Longstreth, L.E. Phillips), Health Services (Dr. Koepsell), Environmental Health (Dr. van Belle), and Biostatistics (Dr. van Belle), School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Departments of Oral Medicine and Dental Public Health Sciences (Dr. Drangsholt), School of Dentistry, and Departments of Neurology (Dr. Longstreth) and Medicine (Drs. Koepsell and Longstreth), School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. W.T. Longstreth, Department of Neurology, Box 359775, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104-2420; e-mail: wl{at}u.washington.edu

In a population-based case-control study of 200 cases and 400 controls in western Washington State, the authors assessed associations between meningioma and ionizing radiation in medical and occupational settings. No significant associations were observed for diagnostic studies or occupational settings, but associations were observed for radiation therapy to head or neck (odds ratio 3.7, 95% CI 1.5 to 9.5), especially for neoplastic conditions. Only four patients (2%) had meningiomas that followed high-dose cranial radiation.

Funded by a grant from the National Cancer Institute (CA 60710).

Received June 10, 2004. Accepted in final form September 2, 2004.


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