Epileptogenic cerebral low-grade tumors: effect of interstitial stereotactic irradiation on seizures.
15 patients with various types of surgically inaccessible epileptogenic cerebral neuroepithelial tumors were treated with stereotactic interstitial irradiation. Epilepsy was improved in all cases, being abolished in 6 and markedly reduced in another 7. The effects which became apparent soon after the radioisotope implant persisted. Possible mechanisms of the phenomenon are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D001918:Brachytherapy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005910:Glioma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes