Presumed intraventricular meningioma treated by embolisation and the gamma knife

A 58-year-old woman with a presumed incidentally discovered meningioma in the left lateral ventricle was treated by superselective embolisation and gamma knife therapy. The diameter of the tumour was 40 mm, and its main feeding artery was the left lateral posterior choroidal artery. This vessel was...

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Published in:Neuroradiology 1999-05, Vol.41 (5), p.334-337
Main Authors: TERADA, T, YOKOTE, H, TSUURA, M, KINOSHITA, Y, TAKEHARA, R, KUBO, K, NAKAI, K, ITAKURA, T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms - therapy
Diseases of the nervous system
Embolization, Therapeutic
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Meningioma - therapy
Middle Aged
Neurosurgery
Radiosurgery
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Skull, brain, vascular surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
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Summary:A 58-year-old woman with a presumed incidentally discovered meningioma in the left lateral ventricle was treated by superselective embolisation and gamma knife therapy. The diameter of the tumour was 40 mm, and its main feeding artery was the left lateral posterior choroidal artery. This vessel was embolised with microcoils. At 8 months following embolisation, the diameter of the tumour had decreased and was stable. The gamma knife was chosen as an adjuvant therapy for the further control 13 months after embolisation. Embolisation and gamma knife therapy may be an alternative treatment for meningiomas where surgical resection appears difficult.
ISSN:0028-3940
1432-1920
DOI:10.1007/s002340050759