Fluorescence-guided resection of extracranial soft tissue tumour infiltration in atypical meningioma

• Published in: Acta neurochirurgica Vol. 159; no. 6; pp. 1027 - 1031
• Main Authors: Scheichel, Florian, Ungersboeck, Karl, Kitzwoegerer, Melitta, Marhold, Franz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.06.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acids; Aged; Aminolevulinic acid; Aphasia; Brain cancer; Calvaria; Case Report - Brain Tumors; Female; Fluorescence; Heterogeneity; Humans; Interventional Radiology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meningeal Neoplasms - pathology; Meningeal Neoplasms - surgery; Meningioma; Meningioma - pathology; Meningioma - surgery; Metastases; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosurgery; Neurosurgical Procedures - adverse effects; Neurosurgical Procedures - methods; Postoperative Complications; Soft Tissue Neoplasms - secondary; Soft Tissue Neoplasms - surgery; Surgery; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - adverse effects; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - methods; Surgical Orthopedics; Tumors; Atypical meningioma; Bone invasion; 5-ALA; Fluorescence-guided resection

The exact role of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) fluorescence-guided meningioma resection is as yet unclear. Although most of the meningiomas show positive fluorescence, the influence on outcome, fluorescence heterogeneity within the tumour, the correlation between fluorescence and the proliferation...