Late pseudotumoral brain necrosis following irradiation of a scalp neoplasm
- 1 November 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 45 (5) , 581-584
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1976.45.5.0581
Abstract
The case of a 70 yr old man who developed intracranial hypertension and left arm paresis 2 yr after irradiation for a right preauricular basal cell epithelioma was reported. Angiography disclosed a right temporal lobe mass and the histopathological diagnosis was late postirradiation necrosis of the brain. Postoperatively, dexamethasone was given in increasing doses up to 60 mg/day for control of cerebral edema. The patient died of gastrointestinal bleeding on the 60th postoperative day.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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