• World Neurosurg · Jan 2016

    Case Reports

    Case Report: Long Follow-up of Radiosurgery for Brainstem Cavernoma.

    • Harold Wilkinson.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: HrldAWlknsn@Verizon.net.
    • World Neurosurg. 2016 Jan 1; 85: 366.e5-8.

    BackgroundThere is a relative paucity of long-term follow-up of treatment of brainstem cavernous angiomas. This has led to uncertainty and a lack of consensus regarding optimum therapy, especially radiosurgery.MethodsReport of a single case with a 24-year follow-up.ResultsThis patient was minimally symptomatic before her radiosurgery procedure. She developed an acute complication, from which she incompletely recovered. Two decades later she has become more symptomatic, with new deficits, and magnetic resonance imagings disclose progressive brainstem atrophy.ConclusionsLong-term follow-up of patients treated with radiosurgery is important.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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