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Lethal intratumoral haemorrhages of brain metastases during radiosurgery: case reports and literature review

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Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) is an effective and important treatment modality in the management of brain metastases. The short-term complication rate is low and the tumour control rate high. Complications caused by acute radiation-induced oedema are rare and usually benign. In this article, two cases of lethal haemorrhagic event immediately following GKS are described from two centres, which had prompted us to review the literature.

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 110974, Singapore

    M. A. A. Salek, B. Karlsson, T. T. Yeo & C. Ning

  2. Gamma Knife Center Tilburg, St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Hilvarenbeek Seweg 60, 5022, Tilburg, The Netherlands

    P. Hanssens

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Salek, M.A.A., Karlsson, B., Yeo, T.T. et al. Lethal intratumoral haemorrhages of brain metastases during radiosurgery: case reports and literature review. Acta Neurochir 155, 115–118 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-012-1507-x

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