Published December 1989
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Journal article
Visual outcome in cystic craniopharyngiomas treated with intracavitary phosphorus-32
- 1. WK Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, MI (USA)
Description
Seven patients with cystic craniopharyngiomas were treated with stereotactic instillation of radioactive phosphorus-32 (32P). Five patients had been previously treated with various combinations of surgery and external beam irradiation, whereas two had the 32P instillation as a primary therapy. Visual acuity improved in 13 eyes and remained stable in 1. Visual fields normalized in three patients, improved in two, and remained stable in two. Two patients received single treatments with 32P, whereas five required multiple instillations for recurrent cyst expansion
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.)
- Journal Volume
- 96
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Series
- Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.).
- Journal Page Range
- 1786-1792
- ISSN
- 0161-6420
- CODEN
- OPHTD
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 21053640
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- EYES; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; PHOSPHORUS 32; PITUITARY GLAND; RADIOTHERAPY; VISION
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SENSE ORGANS; THERAPY