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Fractionated External-beam Radiation Therapy For Incompletely Resected Intracranial Extra-axial Cavernous Haemangioma: A Case Report
We report a case of a cavernous haemangioma arising from the left trigeminal nerve causing mass effect, midline shift and hydrocephalus. Surgical resection was attempted after immediate insertion of bilateral extra-ventricular drains, but complete resection was not achieved, with residual disease at...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5937999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29740524 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2285 |
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description | We report a case of a cavernous haemangioma arising from the left trigeminal nerve causing mass effect, midline shift and hydrocephalus. Surgical resection was attempted after immediate insertion of bilateral extra-ventricular drains, but complete resection was not achieved, with residual disease at the superior orbital fissure and cavernous sinus. Stereotactic radiosurgery was deemed unsuitable in view of proximity to the left optic nerve and optic chiasm, and the patient was hence treated with fractionated external-beam radiation therapy (RT) to a total dose of 40 Gy in 20 daily fractions over four weeks. The patient tolerated RT well, with no significant toxicity. MRI done eighteen months after completion of RT showed the continued decrease in the size of the lesion with reduced mass effect on the optic chiasm. |
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spelling | pubmed-59379992018-05-08 Fractionated External-beam Radiation Therapy For Incompletely Resected Intracranial Extra-axial Cavernous Haemangioma: A Case Report Ooi, Kiat Huat Low, Shiong Wen Cureus Radiation Oncology We report a case of a cavernous haemangioma arising from the left trigeminal nerve causing mass effect, midline shift and hydrocephalus. Surgical resection was attempted after immediate insertion of bilateral extra-ventricular drains, but complete resection was not achieved, with residual disease at the superior orbital fissure and cavernous sinus. Stereotactic radiosurgery was deemed unsuitable in view of proximity to the left optic nerve and optic chiasm, and the patient was hence treated with fractionated external-beam radiation therapy (RT) to a total dose of 40 Gy in 20 daily fractions over four weeks. The patient tolerated RT well, with no significant toxicity. MRI done eighteen months after completion of RT showed the continued decrease in the size of the lesion with reduced mass effect on the optic chiasm. Cureus 2018-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5937999/ /pubmed/29740524 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2285 Text en Copyright © 2018, Ooi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Radiation Oncology Ooi, Kiat Huat Low, Shiong Wen Fractionated External-beam Radiation Therapy For Incompletely Resected Intracranial Extra-axial Cavernous Haemangioma: A Case Report |
title | Fractionated External-beam Radiation Therapy For Incompletely Resected Intracranial Extra-axial Cavernous
Haemangioma: A Case Report |
title_full | Fractionated External-beam Radiation Therapy For Incompletely Resected Intracranial Extra-axial Cavernous
Haemangioma: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Fractionated External-beam Radiation Therapy For Incompletely Resected Intracranial Extra-axial Cavernous
Haemangioma: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Fractionated External-beam Radiation Therapy For Incompletely Resected Intracranial Extra-axial Cavernous
Haemangioma: A Case Report |
title_short | Fractionated External-beam Radiation Therapy For Incompletely Resected Intracranial Extra-axial Cavernous
Haemangioma: A Case Report |
title_sort | fractionated external-beam radiation therapy for incompletely resected intracranial extra-axial cavernous
haemangioma: a case report |
topic | Radiation Oncology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5937999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29740524 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2285 |
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