Cyberknife radiosurgery for basal skull plasmacytoma.
The Cyberknife delivers frameless image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery to intracranial and extracranial tumors. We report our use of Cyberknife radiosurgery on a medullary plasmacytoma in the clivus extending into the foramen magnum. No acute toxicity was seen during or within 24 hours of treatment, and the subject had a complete and durable radiographic response on MRI 12+ months after treatment. To our knowledge, this is a first case of successful Cyberknife radiosurgery of a medullary plasmacytoma.
Wong
Eric T
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Brain Tumor Center and Neuro-Oncology Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. ewong@bidmc.harvard.edu
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Xing-Qi
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Devulapalli
Janakiram
J
Mahadevan
Anand
A
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D016634:Radiosurgery; D012371:Robotics; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*