title: Recurrent meningeal sarcoma successfully treated with stereotactic radiosurgery.
abstract: Primary intracranial meningeal sarcoma is a rare neurological malignancy without strong evidence-based treatment guidelines. The authors describe a boy with primary meningeal sarcoma who symptomatically presented at 10 months of age and was treated with primary resection. The patient had multifocal recurrence approximately 2 years later. Given the location and rapid progression of the disease, the boy was treated with gamma knife surgery. He had a complete radiographic response 3 years posttreatment. He attends school full time and enjoys good quality of life. Based on local control and response to radiosurgery, the authors suggest that multifocal meningeal sarcomas not amenable to resection can be effectively managed with stereotactic radiosurgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology. SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: Varun
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chowdhry
authors.forename: Hemangini
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Back
authors.forename: Gloria A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D016634:Radiosurgery; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000601:surgery*