Pertreatment radiation induced oedema causing acute hydrocephalus after radiosurgery for multiple cerebellar metastases

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 691-696

  Wolff, R ^a   Karlsson, Bengt ^b,c,d   Dettmann, E ^a   Bottcher H D ^a   Seifert, V ^a   Kemeny, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d Gamma Knife Center   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Acute complication; Brain metastases; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTUBATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SHUNTING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042831310     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0053-y     Document Type: Article

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