Radiosensitive hemangiopericytoma of the falx
Authors:
- Osamu WatanabeOWOsamu Watanabe
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 68 (4) , 640-641
Abstract
✓ A case of a recurrent hemangiopericytoma of the falx which responded well to radiotherapy is reported. The patient was a 58-year-old woman who received a total of 6000 rads of local Linac irradiation over 6 weeks. One year after completing radiotherapy, a computerized tomography scan showed marked regression of the tumor.Keywords
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