A diffuse white matter ischemic lesion appearing 7 years after stereotactic radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1405-1409

  Yamamoto, Masaaki ^a   Ban, Sadahiko ^b   Ide, Mitsunobu ^a   Jimbo, Minoru ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Delayed complication; Gamma knife; Radiation necrosis; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030831935     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199712000-00036     Document Type: Article

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