1. Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser-Induced Thermal Therapy for Recurrent Brain Metastases in the Motor Strip After Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Author
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Sayantan Deb, Casey H. Halpern, Gordon Li, Gerald A. Grant, and Aditya Iyer
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Neurosurgery ,Thermal therapy ,laser thermography ,Radiosurgery ,Lesion ,03 medical and health sciences ,thermocoagulation ,thermotherapy ,0302 clinical medicine ,Refractory ,motor cortex ,brain metastases ,medicine ,Medical physics ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,General Engineering ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,medicine.disease ,Tumor recurrence ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Radiation Oncology ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Brain metastasis ,Motor cortex - Abstract
The authors report a challenging case of a brain metastasis located in the motor cortex, which was not responsive to radiosurgery. Use of a novel technique, magnetic resonance-guided laser-induced thermotherapy (MRgLITT), resulted in the complete obliteration of the lesion without adverse effects or evidence of tumor recurrence at follow-up. This case illustrates that MRgLITT may provide a viable alternative for patients with brain metastases refractory to radiosurgery or in deep locations, where both stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and surgical resection may be ineffective.
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- 2016