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Evaluation of brain edema formation defined by MRI after LINAC-based stereotactic radiosurgery

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 51 (2017): Issue 2 (June 2017)
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|Apr 2017

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MRI scans performed after treatment showing delineation of area with decreasing edema. (A) 6 months; (B) 12 months; (C) 18 months; (D) 24 months.
MRI scans performed after treatment showing delineation of area with decreasing edema. (A) 6 months; (B) 12 months; (C) 18 months; (D) 24 months.
The Frankfurt Line (blue line) and the Frankfurt modified line (FML; red line).
The Frankfurt Line (blue line) and the Frankfurt modified line (FML; red line).
The largest volume of edema was observed at 6 months (mean 7.2 months, S.D. 1.2 months) after radiosurgery and decreased thereafter.
The largest volume of edema was observed at 6 months (mean 7.2 months, S.D. 1.2 months) after radiosurgery and decreased thereafter.

Baseline patient characteristics

CharacteristicNumber of patients
Total number of lesions111
SexMale40
Female63
Age (mean)51
Histopathological diagnosisArteriovenous malformation34
Meningioma38
Metastasis16
Neuroma16
Cavernous angioma3
Anaplastic astrocytoma2
Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma2
Lesion locationPonto-cerebellar angle24
Cerebellum7
Parietal lobe16
Frontal lobe17
Subcortical nucleus/hippocampus12
Convexity2
Petroclival1
Temporal lobe8
Falx13
Tentorium3
Occipital lobe4
More than one SRS treatment8
Mean V126.3 cm3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2017-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 137 - 141
Submitted on: Aug 28, 2016
Accepted on: Mar 2, 2017
Published on: Apr 12, 2017
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
brain edema,
LINAC,
radiosurgery,
stereotactic
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Radiology,
Internal medicine,
Haematology, oncology

© 2017 Maciej Harat, Andrzej Lebioda, Judyta Lasota, Roman Makarewicz, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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