ALA-induced porphyrin accumulation in medulloblastoma and its use for fluorescence-guided surgery

Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2011 May;72(2):101-3. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1252010. Epub 2010 Oct 7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Aminolevulinic Acid / pharmacology*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / physiology
  • Female
  • Fluorescence
  • Humans
  • Medulloblastoma / metabolism*
  • Medulloblastoma / pathology
  • Medulloblastoma / surgery*
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / methods*
  • Photochemotherapy
  • Porphyrins / metabolism*
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Porphyrins
  • Dexamethasone
  • Aminolevulinic Acid