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Case Reports
. 1976 Nov;45(5):581-4.
doi: 10.3171/jns.1976.45.5.0581.

Late pseudotumoral brain necrosis following irradiation of a scalp neoplasm. Case report

L de S Queiroz, J N da Cruz Neto
Case Reports

Late pseudotumoral brain necrosis following irradiation of a scalp neoplasm. Case report

L de S Queiroz et al. J Neurosurg. 1976 Nov.

Abstract

The authors report the case of a 70-year-old man who developed intracranial hypertension and lef-arm paresis 2 years after irradiation for the right preauricular basal cell epithelioma. Angiography disclosed a right temporal lobe mass and the histopathological diagnosis was late postirradiation necrosis of the brain. Postoperatively, dexamethasone was given in increasing doses up to 60 mg/day for control of cerebral edema. The patient died of gastrointestinal bleeding on the 60th postoperative day.

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