Cavernous malformation after radiation therapy for astrocytoma in adult patients: Report of 2 cases

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1097-1101

  Furuse, M ^a   Miyatake, S I ^a   Kuroiwa, T ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adults; Astrocytoma; Cavernous malformation; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; NIMUSTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REOPERATION; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOTHERAPY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 25444459101     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0579-2     Document Type: Article

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