1. Long Follow-Up of Radiosurgery for Brainstem Cavernoma
- Author
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Harold A. Wilkinson
- Subjects
Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System ,Time Factors ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Radiosurgery ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Atrophy ,Medicine ,Brain Stem Neoplasms ,Humans ,Brainstem atrophy ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Acute complication ,Follow up studies ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Surgery ,Touch Perception ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Cavernous angiomas ,Auditory Perception ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,Brainstem ,business ,Facial Recognition ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Brain Stem ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Background There is a relative paucity of long-term follow-up of treatment of brainstem cavernous angiomas. This has led to uncertainty and a lack of consensus regarding optimum therapy, especially radiosurgery. Methods Report of a single case with a 24-year follow-up. Results This patient was minimally symptomatic before her radiosurgery procedure. She developed an acute complication, from which she incompletely recovered. Two decades later she has become more symptomatic, with new deficits, and magnetic resonance imagings disclose progressive brainstem atrophy. Conclusions Long-term follow-up of patients treated with radiosurgery is important.
- Published
- 2015