Favorable outcome with bevacizumab after poor outcome with steroids in a patient with temporal lobe and brainstem radiation necrosis

MeSH terms

• Adult
• Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
• Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
• Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
• Bevacizumab
• Brain Stem / drug effects
• Brain Stem / pathology*
• Brain Stem / radiation effects
• Carcinoma
• Cisplatin / therapeutic use
• Female
• Fluorouracil / therapeutic use
• Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
• Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / drug therapy
• Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / radiotherapy
• Necrosis / drug therapy
• Necrosis / pathology
• Prednisolone / therapeutic use
• Radiation Injuries / drug therapy*
• Radiation Injuries / pathology
• Radiotherapy / adverse effects
• Temporal Lobe / drug effects
• Temporal Lobe / pathology*
• Temporal Lobe / radiation effects