Stereotactic radiosurgery as adjuvant treatment for residual solitary fibrous tumor
- 1 November 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 105 (5), 775-776
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.2006.105.5.775
Abstract
✓ This 50-year-old woman presented with headache and visual disturbance. Neuroimaging results demonstrated a well-demarcated tumor attached to the falx cerebri near the transverse sinus, and the lesion was subtotally removed. Based on histological and immunohistochemical evaluation, a solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) was diagnosed. During the next 32 months, the size of the residual tumor increased slightly at the transverse sinus. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was performed as an adjuvant treatment. Over the course of the next 4 years the tumor decreased in size. The authors suggest that SRS constitutes good adjuvant treatment for regrowing residual SFTs not amenable to reoperation.Keywords
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