Radiosurgery Treatment of Trigeminal Schwannoma

نویسندگان

چکیده

Trigeminal schwannoma is a neurogenic tumor of the fifth cranial nerve. Despite advances in surgical practice, stereotactic radiosurgery an alternative treatment management these patients due to problems such as nerve injuries and accessibility The patient was admitted our hospital with complaints headache tingling left face for last few months. discussed neurooncology council intervention not considered, radiotherapy decided. Radiotherapy planned Elekta Versa HD MONACO v.5.51 planning system. 14 Gy/1 fr performed. completed without complications. In follow-up, 7 mm peripheral contrast-enhanced solid components central necrosis observed gadolinum MRI taken. Stereotactic effective powerful method trigeminal schwannomas.

برای دانلود باید عضویت طلایی داشته باشید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Ancient Schwannoma of the Trigeminal Nerve Mimicking High Grade Lesion

  Ancient schwannomas rarely found in the central nervous system and ancient change in an intracranial schwannoma (intracranial portion of the trigeminal nerve) is extremely rare. A seventy-year man presented with headache of 3 months duration and one episode of generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Imaging findings were suggestive of left temporal high grade lesion. During surgery there was well...

متن کامل

Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN), also known as tic douloureux, is a pain syndrome recognizable by patient history alone. The condition is characterized by intermittent unilateral facial pain. The pain follows the unilateral (>95%) sensory distribution of trigeminal nerve (V), typically radiating to the maxillary (V2) or mandibular (V3) area. Ophthalmic division (V1) pain alone occurs in <5% patients....

متن کامل

LINAC‐based stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a disabling pain condition that has classically been treated using either surgical or medical techniques. Several researchers have shown that stereotactically delivered radiation can be an effective tool in the amelioration of this condition. For these studies, the Gamma Knife was used to deliver the radiation treatment. The target location was designated as the pro...

متن کامل

Stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.

Stereotactic radiosurgery is an increasingly used and the least invasive surgical option for patients with medically refractory trigeminal neuralgia (TN). The authors began use of this technique at our center in 1992 and have evaluated outcomes serially. Independently acquired data from 220 patients with idiopathic TN that had Gamma Knife radiosurgery was reviewed. The median radiosurgery dose ...

متن کامل

Refractory trigeminal neuralgia treatment outcomes following CyberKnife radiosurgery

INTRODUCTION A handful of studies have reported outcomes with CyberKnife radiosurgery (CKRS) for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. However, the follow-up has been short with no minimum follow-up required and have included patients with short duration of symptoms. Here we report our institutional experience on patients with a minimum follow-up of 1 year and a median follow-up of 28 months (...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Case Reports

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2147-9291', '1300-0284']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5336/caserep.2022-87981