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  • 标题:Fulminant Meningitis after Radiotherapy for Clival Chordoma
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  • 作者:Kim, Seong Min ; Park, Hyun Wook ; Park, Moon Sun
  • 期刊名称:Brain Tumor Research and Treatment
  • 印刷版ISSN:2288-2405
  • 出版年度:2013
  • 卷号:1
  • 期号:2
  • 页码:107-110
  • DOI:10.14791/btrt.2013.1.2.107
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The Korean Brain Tumor Society and The Korean Society for Neuro-Oncology
  • 摘要:

    The best treatment for clival chordoma is obtained with total surgical excision, sometimes combined with adjuvant radiotherapy. A cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula is a fatal complication that may occur following extended transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) and adjuvant radiotherapy. We report a case of fulminant meningitis without a CSF fistula in a 57-year-old woman who underwent TSS and multiple radiotherapies for a clival chordoma. She presented to our emergency room with copious epistaxis and odor inside her nasal cavity and had an unexpected fatal outcome. She was diagnosed with meningitis based on CSF culture and blood culture. While treating clival chordomas with adjuvant radiotherapy, clinicians should be aware of the possibility of fulminant meningitis.

  • 关键词:Chordoma; Radiotherapy; Meningitis
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