Mechanisms of edema after gamma knife surgery for meningiomas. Report of two cases.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The authors describe two patients in whom tumor swelling and brain swelling (and possible tumor swelling), respectively, developed after undergoing gamma knife surgery. One had a skull defect with a palpable parasagittal tumor. One had neurofibromatosis Type 2 with multiple tumors, one of which was parasagittal.
Medical subject headings
- Brain Edema
- Meningeal Neoplasms
- Meningioma
- Postoperative Complications
- Radiosurgery