Laser interstitial thermal therapy for pediatric atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor: case report.
Feroze, Abdullah H;McGrath, Margaret;Williams, John R;Young, Christopher C;Ene, Chibawanye I;Buckley, Robert T;Cole, Bonnie L;Ojemann, Jeffrey G;Hauptman, Jason S;
neurosurgical focus2020Vol. 48pp. E11
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feroze2020laserneurosurgical
Abstract
Herein, the authors describe the successful use of laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) for management of metastatic craniospinal disease for biopsy-proven atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor in a 16-month-old boy presenting to their care. Specifically, LITT was administered to lesions of the right insula and left caudate. The patient tolerated 2 stages of LITT to the aforementioned lesions without complication and with evidence of radiographic improvement of lesions at the 2- and 6-month follow-up appointments. To the authors' knowledge, this represents the first such published report of LITT for management of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor.