USE OF BLEOMYCIN IN INTRATUMORAL CHEMOTHERAPY FOR CYSTIC CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA - CASE-REPORT

Authors
CAVALHEIRO S SPARAPANI FVD FRANCO JOB DASILVA MC BRAGA FM
Citation
S. Cavalheiro et al., USE OF BLEOMYCIN IN INTRATUMORAL CHEMOTHERAPY FOR CYSTIC CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA - CASE-REPORT, Journal of neurosurgery, 84(1), 1996, pp. 124-126
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
Journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223085
Volume
84
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
124 - 126
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3085(1996)84:1<124:UOBIIC>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The authors present a case of a gigantic cystic craniopharyngioma that was treated with intratumoral injections of bleomycin. The mass had e roded the skull base and extended to the sphenoid bone. A total of eig ht intratumoral injections through an Ommaya reservoir were given. Six months after treatment, there was complete regression of the lesion a nd improvement in both visual and endocrinological symptomatology.