Changes in Protein Level in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of a Patient with Cerebral Radiation Necrosis Treated with Bevacizumab

A 32-year-old woman underwent surgeries and radiation therapy for astrocytoma. She developed symptomatic radiation necrosis in the lesion, which caused hydrocephalus. She initially underwent ventricular drainage, because the protein level in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was 787 mg/dL, which was too...

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Main Authors: Hirohito Yano, Noriyuki Nakayama, Kasumi Morimitsu, Manabu Futamura, Naoyuki Ohe, Kazuhiro Miwa, Jun Shinoda, Toru Iwama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CMO.S19823