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. 2020 Jun 26;162(9):2183–2196. doi: 10.1007/s00701-020-04350-5

Table 2.

Patients with secondary clinical deterioration after stereotactic radiosurgery

New symptoms Time after GK Symptom occurring at recurrence? Specific circumstances
Pituitary insufficiency 7 years Yes Incomplete treatment low-dose, pre-existing compressed chiasm
Periodic disorientation 7 years Yes Age 88 years; ARE after retreatment
Epileptic seizure 3 years No Died 8.5 years after RS, (unknown reason)
Recurrence and death 6 years Yes Meningiomatosis 4 resections 3 GK
Focal seizures, death 8 years Yes Died with 91 years
Tetraparesis due to tumour progression 3 years Yes (out-of-field) MIB index > 20%
Unilateral loss of hearing 3 years Yes
Died with out-of-field recurrence 2 years Yes (out-of-field) Highly cellular multiple meningioma
Ophthalmoplegia 1.5 years No ARE (Patient died for unknown reasons)
Seizure 0.5 years No Multiple sclerosis