title: The use of ionising radiation for the purpose of arresting external haemorrhage from an intracranial mass lesion.
abstract: External bleeding from any form of tumour of the central nervous system is unusual. We present a case where this difficult problem was controlled by the use of Gamma Irradiation from a focused delivery system.
authors.affiliation: Exeter College, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.
authors.forename: Verity E S
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Blackburn
authors.forename: Amen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sibtain
authors.forename: Howard Ian
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Sabin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Gamma Knife; glomus tumour; haemorrhage; radiosurgery