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Hindi Case Report, J Spine Neurosurg Vol: 2 Issue: 2
Acute Hemorrhage Following Gamma Knife Radiosurgery to a Clival Meningioma
| Matthew R. Reynolds1*, Ammar H. Hawasli1, Rory K.J. Murphy1, Wilson Z. Ray1, Joseph R. Simpson1,2, Robert E. Drzymala1,2 and Keith M. Rich1,2 | |
| 1Departments of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA | |
| 2Departments of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA | |
| Corresponding author : Matthew R. Reynolds, M.D., Ph.D Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Department of Neurological Surgery, Campus Box 8057, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA E-mail: ReynoldsM@wudosis.wustl.edu |
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| Received: January 07, 2013 Accepted: February 14, 2013 Published: February 18, 2013 | |
| Citation: Reynolds MR, Hawasli AH, Murphy RKJ, Ray WZ, Simpson JR, et al. (2013) Acute Hemorrhage Following Gamma Knife Radiosurgery to a Clival Meningioma. J Spine Neurosurg 2:2. doi:10.4172/2325-9701.1000108 |
Abstract
Acute Hemorrhage Following Gamma Knife Radiosurgery to a Clival Meningioma
Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKS) is an effective therapy for small (<3 cm) meningiomas of the skull base in medically-complex patients for whom open surgery carries an unacceptable risk of morbidity and mortality. While infrequent, hemorrhagic events after GKS do occur. To date, nine cases of intratumoral hemorrhage after GKS for meningiomas have been reported in the literature, with eight occurring in a delayed fashion.
