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11487796

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-6
pubmed:abstractText
We want to describe the rare case when an intramural macrocyst within an acoustic neurinoma (ACN) treated by gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) ruptured, followed by an impressive decrease of tumor volume and improvement of neurological symptoms. In a 59-year-old female patient, a large ACN with a hugh intramural macrocyst was diagnosed. As she refused open surgery, we performed GKRS covering the tumor margin and the cyst with 11 Gy. Seven months after treatment symptoms worsened slightly. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed no significant change of tumor volume. One year after GKRS she felt a sensation behind her treated ear, followed by an immediate improvement of all her symptoms. Trigeminal hypaesthesia and vertigo disappeared, tinnitus ameliorated. A control MRI showed the cystic compartment no longer, the solid part shrunk within the following six years. Within the whole follow-up period hearing was stable. To our knowledge this is the first report of a macrocyst within an ACN to rupture after GKRS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0946-7211
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
110-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
An intramural macrocyst of an acoustic neurinoma rupturing after gamma knife radiosurgery: a case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Vienna, Medical School, Vienna, Austria. alexander.bertalanffy@univie.ac.at
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports