title: Visual outcome in cystic craniopharyngiomas treated with intracavitary phosphorus-32.
abstract: Seven patients with cystic craniopharyngiomas were treated with stereotactic instillation of radioactive phosphorus-32 (32P). Five patients had been previously treated with various combinations of surgery and external beam irradiation, whereas two had the 32P instillation at a primary therapy. Visual acuity improved in 13 eyes and remained stable in 1. Visual fields normalized in three patients, improved in two, and remained stable in two. Two patients received single treatments with 32P, whereas five required multiple instillations for recurrent cyst expansion.
authors.affiliation: WK Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Trobe
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Taren
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Gebarski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002648:Child; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields
chemical_list: D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes