Recurrent late cerebral necrosis with aggressive characteristics after radiosurgical treatment of an arteriovenous malformation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 455-460

  Chen, H Isaac ^b   Burnett, Mark G ^b   Huse, Jason T ^b   Lustig, Robert A ^b   Bagley, Linda J ^b   Zager, Eric L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Radiation necrosis; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; APHASIA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AUTOPSY; BRAIN NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHUNTING;

AGED; BRAIN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33748509313     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.3.455     Document Type: Article

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