Cerebral radiation necrosis: A review of the pathobiology, diagnosis and management considerations

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 485-502

  Rahmathulla, Gazanfar ^a   Marko, Nicholas F ^b   Weil, Robert J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Management options; Pathophysiology; Radiation necrosis; Recent advances

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; CARMUSTINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEPARIN; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; IODINE 125; METHOTREXATE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; THALLIUM 201; TICLOPIDINE; VASCULOTROPIN; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BLEEDING; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CEREBRAL RADIATION NECROSIS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID INDUCED MYOPATHY; CRANIOTOMY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FATIGUE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLIOMA; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OBESITY; OSTEOPENIA; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; REVIEW; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SEIZURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; THROMBOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARMUSTINE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECROSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84875541362     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.09.011     Document Type: Review

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