The importance of trauma and infection in the development of tumors of the brain and spinal cord

The question of the role of trauma, like infection, in the development of tumors of the nervous system is controversial. Beneke attaches importance to trauma as an etiological moment. X. N. Zilberstein believes that gliomas in the area of ​​traumatic scarring are in causal dependence on the skull trauma suffered in the past. I. Ya. Razdolsky, LI Smirnov and others indicate that trauma and infection are provoking factors that contribute to the identification of an existing tumor, the acceleration of its growth, and sometimes malignancy. V.V. Khokhlova notes that trauma and infection often serve as an impetus for the clinical manifestation of a brain tumor in children. LI Smirnov considers trauma and infection to be predisposing factors that cause disorders of cerebral circulation, cerebrospinal fluid circulation and metabolic processes.