title: Obliteration of giant corpus callosum AVM with linac based stereotactic radiosurgery.
abstract: Successful management of large AVMs is difficult. Traditionally they are considered less responsive and even unsuitable for radiosurgery. This case report demonstrates total angiographic obliteration in a complex, large corpus callosum AVM (volume 36.52 cc) in a 39-year-old male. Stereotactic radiation was delivered with a Linear Accelerator using ultra conformal treatment planning. Large volume AVMs can be subjected to stereotactic radiosurgery if the shape and location makes it possible to deliver an adequate radiation dose.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Apollo Speciality Hospitals, 600035 Chennai, India. kganap@vsnl.com
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ganapathy
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shankarnarayanan
authors.lastname: Saji
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Padmanabhan
authors.forename: Swatee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Halbe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D010315:Particle Accelerators; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome