Photosensitivity Reaction From Operating Room Lights After Oral Administration of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid for Fluorescence-Guided Resection of a Malignant Glioma

Orally administered 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), which was approved in the United States in 2017, is preferentially metabolized by malignant glioma cells into protoporphyrin IX and enhances tumor visualization when using a blue light filter on an operating microscope. Photosensitivity after 5-ALA...

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Autores principales: Yahanda, Alexander T, Dunn, Gavin P, Chicoine, Michael R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7978397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33758722
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13442

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7978397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33758722
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13442

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