Intracerebral cavernous malformation induced by radiosurgery - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 171-173

  Iwai, Yoshiyasu ^a   Yamanaka, Kazuhiro ^a   Yoshimura, Masaki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavernous malformation; De novo formation; Gamma knife; Impending herniation; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; STEROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION; DIPLOPIA; DRUG MEGADOSE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; SEIZURE;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 34247497815     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.171     Document Type: Article

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