Necrosis in a meningioma following systemic chemotherapy. Case report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Radiological and clinical evidence of acute necrosis in a meningioma following one cycle of chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil, folinic acid, and levamisole was observed in a patient being treated for invasive rectal carcinoma. The possible mechanisms and implications of this occurrence are discussed.
Medical subject headings
- Adenocarcinoma
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
- Meningeal Neoplasms
- Meningioma
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
- Rectal Neoplasms