title: Long Follow-Up of Radiosurgery for Brainstem Cavernoma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is a relative paucity of long-term follow-up of treatment of brainstem cavernous angiomas. This has led to uncertainty and a lack of consensus regarding optimum therapy, especially radiosurgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Report of a single case with a 24-year follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This patient was minimally symptomatic before her radiosurgery procedure. She developed an acute complication, from which she incompletely recovered. Two decades later she has become more symptomatic, with new deficits, and magnetic resonance imagings disclose progressive brainstem atrophy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Long-term follow-up of patients treated with radiosurgery is important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: HrldAWlknsn@Verizon.net.
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001307:Auditory Perception; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020295:Brain Stem Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000066499:Facial Recognition; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D055698:Touch Perception
keywords: Cavernous angioma; Late complications; Radiosurgery