Intraoperative 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced photodynamic diagnosis of metastatic brain tumors with histopathological analysis

Intraoperative 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced photodynamic diagnosis of metastatic brain tumors with histopathological analysis

Abstract Background Fluorescence-guided surgery using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is a promising real-time navigation method in the surgical resection of malignant gliomas. In order to determine whether this method is applicable to metastatic brain tumors, we evaluated the usefulness of intraopera...

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Main Authors: R. Yagi, S. Kawabata, N. Ikeda, N. Nonoguchi, M. Furuse, Y. Katayama, Y. Kajimoto, T. Kuroiwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Metastatic brain tumor
5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)
Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX)
Cell invasion
Adjacent brain tissue
Photodynamic diagnosis (PDD)
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-017-1239-8

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