Radiation-induced sarcoma in a large vestibular schwannoma following stereotactic radiosurgery: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Schmitt, William R ^a   Carlson, Matthew L ^a   Giannini, Caterina ^a   Driscoll, Colin Lw ^a   Link, Michael J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Radiation induced sarcoma; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXORUBICIN; GADOLINIUM; IFOSFAMIDE; PROTEIN S 100;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MENINGITIS; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSLABYRINTHINE APPROACH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; UNDIFFERENTIATED HIGH GRADE PLEOMORPHIC SARCOMA; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; UNSTEADINESS; VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951773781     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31820780b1     Document Type: Article

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