[Overview of head injury].

A systematic revision of the main practical aspects related with the head injury management has been made in this article on the basis of relevant literature. The paper has been developed in different sections consisting of epidemiological factors, prognosis and classification, neuropathology and pathophysiology, clinical evaluation and treatment. According to clinical guidelines, the connections between the pathophysiological features with higher evidence degree and the schemes of therapeutic approaches have been emphasized.

[Radiation-induced intracerebral sarcoma].

We report a case of radiation-induced sarcoma in a 50 year-old male patient who was treated with total resection and radiation for right temporal lobe PNET. He received a dose of 60-Gy. A sequential magnetic resonance image 32 months after the completion of radiation therapy and 34 months after surgery showed a mass in the right temporal cerebral convexity.