Apoptosis following gamma knife radiosurgery in a case of acoustic schwannoma.
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg
; 70 Suppl 1: 88-94, 1998 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-9782240
ABSTRACT
A 25-year-old woman with a large acoustic schwannoma underwent surgical excision 18 months after Gamma Knife radiosurgery because of transient expansion of the tumor causing ataxia. Histopathologial investigation by the TUNEL method revealed the presence of some apoptotic cells. The findings were compared with findings from a control group of 7 operated cases where radiosurgery had not been used. There was no apoptosis found in any of these cases. In addition, another case which resulted in a regrowing tumor following Gamma Knife treatment also showed no apoptosis. These findings suggest apoptosis may be a possible mechanism in reducing tumor size following Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neuroma Acústico
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Radiocirurgia
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Apoptose
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg
Assunto da revista:
NEUROCIRURGIA
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão
País de publicação:
CH
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SUIZA
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SUÍÇA
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SWITZERLAND