Obliteration of giant corpus callosum AVM with linac based stereotactic radiosurgery

Successful management of large AVMs is difficult. Traditionally they are considered less responsive and even unsuitable for radiosurgery. This case report demonstrates total angiographic obliteration in a complex, large corpus callosum AVM (volume 36.52 cc) in a 39-year-old male. Stereotactic radiat...

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Published in:Journal of clinical neuroscience 2003-03, Vol.10 (2), p.272-276
Main Authors: Ganapathy, K, Shankarnarayanan, V, Saji, Padmanabhan, T.K, Halbe, Swatee
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Corpus Callosum - surgery
corpus callosum AVM
Follow-Up Studies
giant AVM
Humans
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations - surgery
Magnetic Resonance Angiography - methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Male
Medical sciences
Neurology
Particle Accelerators
Radiosurgery - methods
stereotactic radiosurgery
Treatment Outcome
Tropical medicine
Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Summary:Successful management of large AVMs is difficult. Traditionally they are considered less responsive and even unsuitable for radiosurgery. This case report demonstrates total angiographic obliteration in a complex, large corpus callosum AVM (volume 36.52 cc) in a 39-year-old male. Stereotactic radiation was delivered with a Linear Accelerator using ultra conformal treatment planning. Large volume AVMs can be subjected to stereotactic radiosurgery if the shape and location makes it possible to deliver an adequate radiation dose.
ISSN:0967-5868
1532-2653
DOI:10.1016/S0967-5868(02)00335-1