A 77-year-old female presented with a rare cavernous sinus cavernous hemangioma with extension to the sella turcica, neuroradiologically mimicking nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma. The lesion was partially removed via transsphenoidal surgery, and the histological diagnosis was cavernous hemangioma. After stereotactic radiosurgery using a cyber knife, the lesion decreased in size. Stereotac...

Magnetic resonance (MR)-guided stereotactic techniques that allow precise in vivo anatomic location have recently been developed (1). Using such a system, we tested the hypothesis that we are insonating from the midpoints of the M 1 segment of the middle cerebral artery and A 1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery during clinical hand-held transcranial Doppler examinations. We also compared ...

Radiation necrosis is a known sequela of delivering high doses of ionizing radiation to the central nervous system and may be confused with tumor recurrence. Although stereotactic radiation has found increasing application in managing central nervous system malignancies, the imaging appearance of benign tissue several years after such treatment has not been frequently documented in the medical ...

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a newly developed technique currently in clinical use. SBRT originated from stereotactic radiosurgery for intracranial tumors. SBRT has been widely used clinically for lung cancer. The practice of SBRT demands different kinds of patient fixation, breathing control, target determination, treatment planning, and verifications. The history and current ...

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has been an effective modality for the treatment of benign and malignant cranial disease for over 50 years. Just as SRS revolutionized the practice of neurosurgery, stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SAbR) in extracranial sites is now challenging conventional wisdom with regard to the practice of radiation oncology. This clinical paradigm change has been enabled...

Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for lung tumours has been gaining wide acceptance in lung cancer. Here, we review the technological evolution of SBRT delivery in lung cancer, from the first treatments using the stereotactic body frame in the 1990's to modern developments in image guidance and motion management. Finally, we discuss the impact of current technological approaches on the requ...

Parkinson's disease is a progressive disabling movement disorder that is characterised by three cardinal symptoms: resting tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia. Before the availability of effective medical treatment with levodopa and stereotactic neurosurgery, the objective of surgical management was to alleviate symptoms such as tremor at the expense of motor deficits. Levodopa was the first eff...

OBJECTIVES P In vitro chemosensitivity and resistance assays (CSRAs) are a promising tool for personalized treatment of glioblastoma multiform (GBM). These assays require a minimum of 1 to 2 g of tumor specimen for testing, but this amount is not always accessible. We aimed to assess the feasibility and validity of utilizing stereotactic biopsies of GBM in CSRAs. MATERIALS AND METHODS Single ...

Introduction. Transarterial chemoembolization is the first-line treatment in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. There is no standard treatment after transarterial chemoembolization failure. We report the case of a patient with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma who showed a complete response and a long cancer control with hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy after transarterial chemoem...