ALA-induced porphyrin accumulation in medulloblastoma and its use for fluorescence-guided surgery

Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2011 May;72(2):101-3. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1252010. Epub 2010 Oct 7.

Authors

S Eicker¹, S Sarikaya-Seiwert, A Borkhardt, K Gierga, B Turowski, H-J Heiroth, H-J Steiger, W Stummer

Affiliation

¹ Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Department of Neurosurgery, Düsseldorf, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 20931449
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1252010

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aminolevulinic Acid / pharmacology*
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
Brain Neoplasms / metabolism*
Brain Neoplasms / pathology
Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / physiology
Female
Fluorescence
Humans
Medulloblastoma / metabolism*
Medulloblastoma / pathology
Medulloblastoma / surgery*
Neurosurgical Procedures / methods*
Photochemotherapy
Porphyrins / metabolism*
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Porphyrins
Dexamethasone
Aminolevulinic Acid