Bilateral temporal lobectomy for late radionecrosis after radiotherapy for acromegaly. A case report

J Neurosurg Sci. 1984 Apr-Jun;28(2):107-12.

Abstract

A patient with right temporal radionecrosis was submitted to temporal lobectomy for acute intracranial hypertension developed two years after radiotherapy for a GH-secreting pituitary adenoma. Eight months later, a partial left temporal lobectomy was performed because of further radionecrosis. In both instances the cerebral radionecrosis had the clinical and radiological characteristics of a space-occupying lesion. Bilateral temporal lobectomy was followed by a particular psycho-neurological syndrome with bilateral cortical deafness.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acromegaly / radiotherapy*
  • Adenoma / radiotherapy
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Growth Hormone / metabolism
  • Hearing Loss, Central / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrosis
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Psychosurgery*
  • Radiation Injuries / pathology
  • Radiation Injuries / surgery*
  • Temporal Lobe / pathology
  • Temporal Lobe / radiation effects*
  • Temporal Lobe / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Growth Hormone