Mechanisms of edema after gamma knife surgery for meningiomas. Report of two cases.
The authors describe two patients in whom tumor swelling and brain swelling (and possible tumor swelling), respectively, developed after undergoing gamma knife surgery. One had a skull defect with a palpable parasagittal tumor. One had neurofibromatosis Type 2 with multiple tumors, one of which was parasagittal.
El Shehaby
Amr
A
Gamma Knife Center, Cairo, Egypt.
Ganz
Jeremy C
JC
Reda
Wael A
WA
Hafez
Ayman
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery*; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D010672:Phenytoin; D003907:Dexamethasone