Letters to the editor: Brain biopsy

Nima Etminan, Corinna Peters, Julian Ficnar, Suzan Anlasik, Erich Bünemann, Philipp J. Slotty, Daniel Hänggi, Hans-Jakob Steiger, Rüdiger V. Sorg, Walter Stummer, Modulation of migratory activity and invasiveness of human glioma spheroids following 5-aminolevulinic acid-based photodynamic treatment. Laboratory investigation. Journal of Neurosurgery. ,vol. 115, pp. 281- 288 ,(2011) , 10.3171/2011.3.JNS10434

Yoshinaga Kajimoto, Toshihiko Kuroiwa, Shin-Ichi Miyatake, Tsugumichi Ichioka, Minoru Miyashita, Hidekazu Tanaka, Motomu Tsuji, Use of 5-aminolevulinic acid in fluorescence-guided resection of meningioma with high risk of recurrence. Case report Journal of Neurosurgery. ,vol. 106, pp. 1070- 1074 ,(2007) , 10.3171/JNS.2007.106.6.1070

Tor D. Tosteson, Alex Hartov, Songbai Ji, Kadir Erkmen, Nathan E. Simmons, Keith D. Paulsen, David W. Roberts, Pablo A. Valdés, Frederic Leblond, Anthony Kim, Brent T. Harris, Brian C. Wilson, Xiaoyao Fan, Quantitative fluorescence in intracranial tumor: implications for ALA-induced PpIX as an intraoperative biomarker. Journal of Neurosurgery. ,vol. 115, pp. 11- 17 ,(2011) , 10.3171/2011.2.JNS101451

John R. Ruge, Jonathan Liu, Use of 5-aminolevulinic acid for visualization and resection of a benign pediatric brain tumor: Case report Journal of Neurosurgery. ,vol. 4, pp. 484- 486 ,(2009) , 10.3171/2009.6.PEDS08428

Satoshi Utsuki, Norio Miyoshi, Hidehiro Oka, Yoshiteru Miyajima, Satoru Shimizu, Sachio Suzuki, Kiyotaka Fujii, Fluorescence-guided resection of metastatic brain tumors using a 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX: pathological study. Brain Tumor Pathology. ,vol. 24, pp. 53- 55 ,(2007) , 10.1007/S10014-007-0223-3

Ryutaro ISHIHARA, Yoichi KATAYAMA, Takao WATANABE, Atsuo YOSHINO, Takao FUKUSHIMA, Kaoru SAKATANI, Quantitative spectroscopic analysis of 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX fluorescence intensity in diffusely infiltrating astrocytomas. Neurologia Medico-chirurgica. ,vol. 47, pp. 53- 57 ,(2007) , 10.2176/NMC.47.53

W. Stummer, H. Stepp, G. Möller, A. Ehrhardt, M. Leonhard, H. J. Reulen, Technical Principles for Protoporphyrin-IX-Fluorescence Guided Microsurgical Resection of Malignant Glioma Tissue Acta Neurochirurgica. ,vol. 140, pp. 995- 1000 ,(1998) , 10.1007/S007010050206

Walter Stummer, Alexander Novotny, Herbert Stepp, Claudia Goetz, Karl Bise, Hans Jürgen Reulen, Fluorescence-guided resection of glioblastoma multiforme by using 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced porphyrins: a prospective study in 52 consecutive patients. Journal of Neurosurgery. ,vol. 93, pp. 1003- 1013 ,(2000) , 10.3171/JNS.2000.93.6.1003

Shusuke Moriuchi, Kimito Yamada, Makoto Dehara, Yoshifumi Teramoto, Takao Soda, Masami Imakita, Mamoru Taneda, Use of 5-aminolevulinic acid for the confirmation of deep-seated brain tumors during stereotactic biopsy. Report of 2 cases. Journal of Neurosurgery. ,vol. 115, pp. 278- 280 ,(2011) , 10.3171/2011.4.JNS102137