Stereotactic Intracavitary Irradiation for Cystic Craniopharyngiomas with Rhenium-186

Walter Fagundes; Rodolpho Albuquerque Souza; Gustavo Touzet; Philippe Carpentier; Patrick Dhellemmes; Serge Blond

doi:10.1055/s-0041-1733864

Brazilian Neurosurgery (Dec 2023)

Stereotactic Intracavitary Irradiation for Cystic Craniopharyngiomas with Rhenium-186

Walter Fagundes,
Rodolpho Albuquerque Souza,
Gustavo Touzet,
Philippe Carpentier,
Patrick Dhellemmes,
Serge Blond

Affiliations

Walter Fagundes: ORCiD; Department of Neurosurgery, Roger Salengro Hospital Center, Lille University, Lille, France
Rodolpho Albuquerque Souza: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Gustavo Touzet: Department of Neurosurgery, Roger Salengro Hospital Center, Lille University, Lille, France
Philippe Carpentier: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Oscar Lambret Center, Lille, France
Patrick Dhellemmes: Department of Neurosurgery, Roger Salengro Hospital Center, Lille University, Lille, France
Serge Blond: Department of Neurosurgery, Roger Salengro Hospital Center, Lille University, Lille, France

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1733864
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 42, no. 04
pp. e288 – e294

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Objective The intracavitary irradiation of cystic tumors has been used as a therapeutic alternative modality in the management of cystic craniopharyngiomas. In the present study, we review our experience, considering the technical issues, outcomes, and complications associated with the use of stereotactic intracavitary irradiation (SICI) with colloidal rhenium-186 (186Re) for cystic craniopharyngioma.

Published in Brazilian Neurosurgery

ISSN: 0103-5355 (Print); 2359-5922 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00028832

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