The use of 5-ALA to assist complete removal of residual non-enhancing part of childhood medulloblastoma: a case report.

Jane Skjøth-RasmussenLars BøgeskovAstrid SehestedCamilla KlausenHelle BroholmKarsten Nysom

Published in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2015)

In this particular difficult case of non-contrast-enhancing tumor, 5-ALA was of vital importance to improve rate of resection and change the aggressiveness needed in postsurgery radiation therapy.

Keyphrases

radiation therapy
magnetic resonance
early life
locally advanced
young adults