Using Fluorescein in the Resection of a Pediatric Posterior Fossa Tumor

Can J Neurol Sci. 2020 Jul;47(4):578-580. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.52. Epub 2020 Mar 31.

Authors

Alysa Almojuela^{1

2}, C Michael Honey¹, Alwyn Gomez¹, Mohammed Hasen^{1

3}, Carling MacDonald¹, Colin Kazina¹, Demitre Serletis^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
² Manitoba Neurosurgery Laboratory, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, King Fahad University Hospital, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 32228727
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2020.52

No abstract available

Keywords: Fluorescein; Fluorescence guided; Medulloblastoma; Neuro-oncology; Pediatric neurosurgery; Surgical adjunct.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Female
Fluorescein / administration & dosage*
Fluorescein / metabolism
Fluorescent Dyes / administration & dosage*
Fluorescent Dyes / metabolism
Humans
Infratentorial Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Infratentorial Neoplasms / metabolism
Infratentorial Neoplasms / surgery*
Injections, Intravenous

Substances

Fluorescent Dyes
Fluorescein