학술논문
Prolonged survival after multifocal brain radiation necrosis associated with whole brain radiation for brain metastases: case report
Document Type
Report
Source
Journal of Neuro-Oncology. Oct, 2008, Vol. 90 Issue 1, p85, 4 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0167-594X
Abstract
Radiation necrosis of the brain is a well documented adverse effect of radiation therapy. The authors report an unusual case of relapsing multifocal radiation necrosis following whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) for brain metastases from a systemic germ cell tumor. Anticoagulation with warfarin may have had therapeutic benefit. The patient is alive without a neurological deficit 10 years after the diagnosis of radiation necrosis.