Delayed radiation necrosis with extensive brain edema after gamma knife radiosurgery for multiple cerebral cavernous malformations: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 391-395

  Takenaka, Nobuo ^a   Imanishi, Tomoyuki ^a   Sasaki, Hikaru ^a   Shimazaki, Kenji ^a   Sugiura, Hitoshi ^a   Kitagawa, Yasuhisa ^b   Sekiyama, Sari ^b   Yamamoto, Masaaki ^c   Kazuno, Takahito ^d  

^a KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY OISO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Katsuta Hospital Mito GammaHouse   (Japan)

^d Fujisawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavernous malformation; Decompression; Gamma knife; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Radiation necrosis

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GLIOSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOTHERMIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN THERAPY; RADIATION NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; MALE; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041318846     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.391     Document Type: Article

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