Symptomatic Remote Cyst after BCNU Wafer Implantation for Malignant Glioma.
Symptomatic Remote Cyst after BCNU Wafer Implantation for Malignant Glioma.
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2018 May 21;:
Authors: Matsumura H, Ishikawa E, Matsuda M, Sakamoto N, Akutsu H, Takano S, Matsumura A
Abstract
A 43-year-old man was operated on for right frontal oligoastrocytoma. 14 years after the surgery, magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography revealed a new lesion near the surgical cavity. He underwent gross total resection of the lesion and implantation of bis-chloroethylnitrosourea (BCNU) wafers after intraoperative pathological diagnosis of recurrent high-grade glioma. A few days after the operation, the level of consciousness gradually worsened and left hemiparesis developed. A computed tomography scan revealed a cyst remote to the surgical cavity which did not exist 3 days prior. We performed anterior cyst wall fenestration and removed all wafers. The characteristic pathological finding at the wafer implantation site was severe inflammation within and around small vessels. This inflammatory reaction was not seen on the surface of the brain parenchyma. After surgery and rehabilitation, the patient's Karnofsky Performance Status stabilized to a pre-incident score of 90 and he returned to work. The exact pathophysiological mechanism of the cyst was not clear, but check-valve and/or osmotic gradient mechanisms related to BCNU wafer implantation could have contributed to this phenomenon. As remote cyst devel...
Source: Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) Source Type: research
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