Treatment of steroid refractory, Gamma Knife related radiation necrosis with bevacizumab: case report and review of the literature

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2011 Nov;113(9):798-802. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.08.007. Epub 2011 Sep 8.

Authors

Matthew R Sanborn¹, Shabbar F Danish, Myrna R Rosenfeld, Donald O'Rourke, John Y K Lee

Affiliation

¹ University of Pennsylvania, Department of Neurosurgery, United States. [email protected]

PMID: 21906869
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.08.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angiogenesis Inhibitors / adverse effects
Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / adverse effects
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use*
Bevacizumab
Brain / pathology
Drug Resistance
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Meningioma / complications
Meningioma / surgery
Middle Aged
Necrosis / drug therapy*
Necrosis / etiology*
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Radiosurgery / adverse effects*
Steroids / therapeutic use
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Steroids
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
Bevacizumab