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A carcinoid tumor mimicking an isolated intracranial meningioma. Case report.

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This 79-year-old woman presented with progressively worsening dementia, abulia, flat affect, urinary incontinence, and profuse watery diarrhea. Results of computerized tomography and magnetic resonance studies indicated an extraaxial, dural-based mass compressing the right frontal lobe and

Clinical use of octreotide in unresectable meningiomas. A report of three cases.

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Unresectable meningioma is the cause of a serious clinical problem, for whom no satisfactory mode of treatment is currently available. Meningiomas are known to have receptors for diverse hormones. In this sense, somatostatin receptors were found in every meningioma specimen studied in a recent

A fatal adverse effect of cefazolin administration: severe brain edema in a patient with multiple meningiomas.

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Cefazolin is commonly administered before surgery as a prophylactic antibiotic. Hypersensitivity to cefazolin is not uncommon, and the symptoms mostly include urticaria, skin reaction, diarrhea, vomiting, and transient neutropenia, which are rarely life threatening. We present a rare case of fatal

Phase II study of subcutaneous octreotide in adults with recurrent or progressive meningioma and meningeal hemangiopericytoma.

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The objective of this phase II study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous octreotide therapy for the treatment of recurrent meningioma and meningeal hemangiopericytoma. Octreotide is an agonist of somatostatin receptors, which are frequently expressed in meningioma, and reports

A phase I trial of erlotinib in patients with nonprogressive glioblastoma multiforme postradiation therapy, and recurrent malignant gliomas and meningiomas.

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The objective of this phase I study was to determine the maximal tolerated dose (MTD) of erlotinib in patients with recurrent malignant gliomas (MGs) or recurrent meningiomas on enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (EIAEDs). Dose escalation was by a standard 3 x 3 design. The initial starting dose of

Salvage chemotherapy with CPT-11 for recurrent meningioma.

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BACKGROUND A prospective Phase II study of irinotecan (CPT-11) in adult patients with recurrent surgery and radiotherapy-refractory WHO Grade I meningioma. METHODS Sixteen patients (5 men; 11 women) ages 48-70 years (median 62.5), with recurrent meningioma were treated. All patients had previously

Gastrinoma and neurofibromatosis type 2: the first case report and review of the literature.

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BACKGROUND Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors have occasionally been described in association with neurofibromatosis type 1, whereas an association with neurofibromatosis type 2 has never been reported. METHODS This report refers to an Italian 69 year old woman with neurofibromatosis type

Phase II study of docetaxel in advanced soft tissue sarcomas.

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Because of its unusual mechanism of action, docetaxel was selected for study in advanced soft tissue sarcomas of adults as part of a search for new active antisarcoma agents. Patients at least 18 years old with measurable histologically proven advanced nonosseous sarcomas were enrolled if they had

Antiangiogenic agents for nonmalignant brain tumors.

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Objective To assess the treatment response and side effects for the use of antiangiogenic agents such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors for patients with vestibular schwannomas and meningiomas. Design and Methods Retrospective review of eight male and two female patients (ages

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