Corpus callosotomy using conformal stereotactic radiosurgery

Childs Nerv Syst. 2007 Aug;23(8):917-20. doi: 10.1007/s00381-007-0356-z. Epub 2007 Apr 21.

Abstract

Objects: To show the clinical results of a corpus callosotomy (CC) treatment using conformal stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) on a patient with medically intractable multifocal epilepsy.

Materials and methods: A 17-year-old male patient underwent corpus callosotomy conformal SRS using a dedicated linear accelerator (linac) with dynamic arcs technique. The prescribed dose was 36.0 Gy at the periphery of the rostrum, genu, and a half of the body of the corpus callosum (CCA). At 8 months after conformal SRS, the patient developed a significant brain edema and moderate transitory motor deficit, which were controlled with steroids. After 32 months follow-up, there is an improvement of 84% on drop attacks and generalized tonic-clonic seizures.

Conclusions: Conformal SRS for corpus callosotomy with a single isocenter reproduce the results reported on literature using Gamma Knife-based SRS. The results show that this technique is safe and demonstrate its efficacy to control seizures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Brain Edema / etiology
  • Brain Edema / pathology
  • Brain Edema / therapy
  • Corpus Callosum / pathology
  • Corpus Callosum / surgery*
  • Drug Resistance
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Paresis / etiology
  • Particle Accelerators
  • Postoperative Complications / pathology
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy
  • Radiosurgery*
  • Radiotherapy, Conformal*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants