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Parkinsonism and rest tremor secondary to supratentorial tumours sparing the basal ganglia
Intracranial neoplasms are an uncommon cause of symptomatic Parkinsonism and rest tremor. We found an incidence of 0.3% in a prospective evaluation of 907 patients with supratentorial tumours. Eight patients w...
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Stereotactic Interstitial Brachycurietherapy (Iridium-192 and Iodine-125) in Nonresectable Low-Grade Gliomas
Interstitial or intracavitary irradiation using radioisotopes, known as brachytherapy, has become an indispensable part of the intracranial therapy of tumors of the brain and the skull base [3, 4, 10]. Today, ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Niedriggradige Hirnstammastrozytome bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Prognostische Faktoren
Kinder und Jugendliche mit Hirnstammgliomen haben eine ungünstige Prognose. Meist sterben sie innerhalb von zwei Jahren nach Diagnosestellung. Nur ca. 20–30% der Patienten mit dieser seltenen, heterogenen Tumo...
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Therapy monitoring
The concept of tardive dyskinesia involves three or more distinct syndromes: 1. classical tardive (orobuccolingual) dyskinesia, 2. tardive dystonia and 3. tardive akathisia. By definition tardive dyskinesia sy...
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Bilateral ballismus in children
Bilateral ballismus is extremely rare. We found 23 reported cases, and only 2 of these were in children. In older patients the movement disorder is usually due to cerebrovascular disease, but in younger patien...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Computed Tomography-Stereotactic Curie Therapy of Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Invading the Skull Base
Malignant nasopharyngeal tumors are frequently discovered late by unspecific symptoms such as headache, by infiltration of the paranasal sinuses or the skull base, or by swelling of the lateral neck by involve...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Interstitielle Curietherapie bei Patienten mit niedriggradigen Hirnstamm-Astrozytomen — Langzeitergebnisse
Das therapeutische Vorgehen bei Hirnstamm-Astrozytomen von niedrigem Malignitätsgrad wird kontrovers diskutiert (2, 3). Für zerviko-medullär gelegene und für exophytisch wachsende Gliome empfehlen einige Autor...
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Stereotactic interstitial irradiation of diencephalic tumors with iridium 192 and iodine 125: 10 years follow-up and comparison with other treatments
The only possible treatment of non-removable tumors of the diencephalon or recurring tumors invading the diencephalon after partial resection or percutaneous radiotherapy is interstitial irradiation (Curie the...
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Technik der Neuro-Programmstimulation zur Behandlung akuter und chronischer Schmerzen
Die Behandlung der chronischen neurogenen und lokalisierbaren Schmerzen wirft nach wie vor therapeutische Probleme auf. Dabei sollte in der Regel zuerst nicht so sehr die Schmerzheftigkeit, sondern vielmehr da...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
MRI Stereotaxy for Intracerebral Lesions
Some intracerebral lesions, for example low-grade gliomas, particularly those located infratentorially and near the base, are more clearly depicted in MRI examinations than in CT; this has made it necessary fo...
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A new safety device to prevent bleeding complications during stereotactic biopsy—the “Stereotactic” Doppler sonography
To further reduce the incidence of haemorrhagic complications during stereotactic biopsy, the use of a microvascular Doppler system is proposed. The microprobes are fitted into the biopsy cannula to detect ves...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Long-term Results of Stereotactic Surgery for Therapy-Resistant, Mainly Partial Epilepsies
When the treatment of epilepsy with drugs reaches its limits as the disease becomes resistant to therapy, the patient must be considered for surgical management. The steady increase in symptoms and the. accomp...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Continuous Intraventricular Morphine- or Peptide-Infusion for Intractable Cancer Pain
The continuous intraventricular administration of small daily doses of morphine by means of an implantable pump is an effective method of obtaining considerable pain reduction for patients suffering from other...
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Stereotactic curietherapy of thalamic tumours
This paper reports on 275 cases of stereotactically treated thalamic tumours which from a total series of 1.293 stereotactically biopsied and treated cases of tumours have been separately evaluated. Non of the...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
CT-Guided Stereotactic Implantation with Iridium-192 and Iodine-125 of Non-Resectable Intracranial Tumors
From a total number of 1654 stereotactically irradiated cases (Table 1) treated by permanent interstitial implantation with radioisotopes of a low dose rate (Curietherapy), a series of 924 gliomas is reported on.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Rostral Spread of Epidural 3H-Labeled Morphine
Since BEHAR (1) first introduced epidural morphine for treatment of pain, morphine solution has generally been administered in a high injection volume. Yet epidural morphine in low injection volumes is also effec...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
CT-Guided Stereotactic Biopsy and Interstitial CurieTherapy with192Ir and125I of Non-Resectable Midline and Brain Stem Gliomas
From a total number of 1587 (until Dec. 31. 1984) stereotactically irradiated cases (Table 1) treated either by permanent implantation with radioisotopes of a low dose rate (Curie-therapy) or by temporary impl...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
CT and MRI Diagnoses of Intracranial Tumours Compared with the Results of Stereotactic Biopsy
Ever since the introduction into medical diagnostics of various image-producing techniques, such as scintiscanning, angiography, computed tomography (CT) or, most recently, nuclear spin tomography, there have ...
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Technik und Ergebnisse der interstitiellen Hirntumorbestrahlung
Eine echte Heilungschance der (semi-)malignen Hirngeschwülste bietet neben der Chirurgie derzeit nur die Strahlentherapie. Die Strahlentherapie ist eine lokale Therapie. Außerhalb des Bestrahlungsgebietes ist ...
