Pneumocephalus following treatment of esthesioneuroblastoma.
The course of a patient with an olfactory neuroblastoma treated with conventional doses of chemotherapeutic agents and radiotherapy is presented. The patient survived 34 months after tumour necrosis with resultant pneumocephalus requiring surgical intervention.
Klimek
E H
EH
Department of Medicine, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Macdonald
R L
RL
Deck
J H
JH
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018241:Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology