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Radiation-induced cystic brain necrosis developing 10 years after linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastasis.
Oxford Medical Case Reports 2018 November
Cystic brain necrosis (CBN) is a rare form of BN. It typically occurs as a very late complication, and no standard treatment has been established. We report a case of a 59-year-old man who developed CBN 10 years after radiation therapy for metastatic brain tumors. The therapy consisted of whole brain radiotherapy followed by linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery as a boost. Initially, the CBN continued to expand despite treatment with corticosteroids and bevacizumab. Therefore, we resected the tumor and implanted an Ommaya reservoir, which successfully stabilized the lesion. Although the prognosis of patients with brain metastases is generally poor, some patients, like the one reported here, achieve long survival. Therefore, we should follow such cases carefully, considering the possibility of developing CBN as a late complication.
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