Malignant Transformation of Vestibular Schwannoma After Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Peker H. O., GÖK H., Altay T.

World Neurosurgery, cilt.124, ss.81-83, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 124
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.12.149
  • Dergi Adı: World Neurosurgery
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.81-83
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: MPNST, Stereotactic radiosurgery, Vestibular schwannoma
  • İstanbul Yeni Yüzyıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Malignant transformation of vestibular schwannoma after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a fatal complication with a relatively less uncommon frequency over the past 5 years. Although SRS has been shown to be an alternative to microsurgical resection of vestibular schwannoma, this complication is disregarded most of the time. In this paper, we present a patient with left cerebellopontine angle vestibular schwannoma that was transformed into a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor after receiving SRS following microsurgical resection.