5-ALA Fluorescence guided resection of Hemangioblastomas: Is it useful with conventional surgical tools?
Published in Neuro-oncology, 2014
Abstract
The use of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) for fluorescent guided malignant glioma surgery has proved to be useful to ensure a complete resection and thus, a best survival result. One report has described its usefulness for the detection of hemangioblastoma fragments at the cyst wall after apparently complete tumor resection. Von Hippel-Lindau disease patients suffer from many CNS hemangioblastomas, requiring multiple surgical procedures for resection of tumors, many times obscured because distorted structures and dense gliotic scars.
Recommended citation:
De Campos, J. M., Sainz, L.V., Presti, A. L., Ramirez, M., Aguirre, D., Ordoñez, C., & Daoud, L. (2014). O5. 10 5-ALA Fluorescence guided resection of Hemangioblastomas: Is it useful with conventional surgical tools?. Neuro-oncology, 16(suppl_2), ii12-ii12.