scholarly journals Intracranial Metastatic Neuroblastoma Treated with Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Report of Two Novel Cases

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan C. Rowland ◽  
Jennifer Andrews ◽  
Daxa Patel ◽  
David V. LaBorde ◽  
Adam Nowlan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stereotactic Radiosurgery ◽  
Gamma Knife ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Tumor Burden ◽  
Poor Survival ◽  
Intracranial Metastasis ◽  
Temporary Reduction ◽  
Single Fraction ◽  
Curative Therapy ◽  
Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Intracranial metastasis of neuroblastoma (IMN) is associated with poor survival. No curative therapy for the treatment of IMN currently exists. Unfractionated radiotherapy may be beneficial in the treatment of IMN given the known radiosensitivity of neuroblastoma as well as its proclivity to metastasize as discrete lesions. We present two patients with IMN treated with Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Single-fraction radiotherapy yielded temporary reduction of tumor burden and stability of disease in both patients. SRS may be a useful palliative tool in the treatment of IMN and expands the overall treatment options for this disease.

Skull base aneurysmal bone cyst presenting with hydrocephalus: progressive residuum obliterated by Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery in a pediatric patient

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-81
Author(s):  
George H. Tse ◽  
Feng Y. Jiang ◽  
Matthias W. R. Radatz ◽  
Saurabh Sinha ◽  
Hesham Zaki
Keyword(s):  
Skull Base ◽  
Stereotactic Radiosurgery ◽  
Gamma Knife ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
Bone Cyst ◽  
Disease Free Survival ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
Aneurysmal Bone Cysts ◽  
Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are an uncommon entity predominantly encountered in the pediatric population. The skull is rarely involved, but these cysts have been reported to arise in the skull base. Traditional treatment has been with surgery alone; however, there is a gathering body of literature that reports alternative treatments that can achieve long-term disease-free survival. However, these therapies are predominantly directed at peripheral skeletal lesions. To the authors’ knowledge, this report is the first to describe long-term follow-up of the efficacy of Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of ABC residuum in the skull base that resulted in long-term patient stability and likely ABC obliteration.

scholarly journals Brainstem metastases treated with Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery: the Indiana University Health experience

CNS Oncology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Patel ◽  
Homan Mohammadi ◽  
Tuo Dong ◽  
Kevin Ren-Yeh Shiue ◽  
Douglas Frye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stereotactic Radiosurgery ◽  
Gamma Knife ◽  
Indiana University ◽  
Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery for drug resistant or intolerant invasive prolactinomas

Pituitary ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaomin Liu ◽  
Hideyuki Kano ◽  
Douglas Kondziolka ◽  
Kyung-Jae Park ◽  
Aditya Iyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stereotactic Radiosurgery ◽  
Gamma Knife ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
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