Williams R S, Crowell R M, Fisher C M, Davis K, Lavyne M H, Ropper A H, Bremer A M
Arch Neurol. 1979 Apr;36(4):206-10. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1979.00500400060009.
Two patients with cerebral reticulum cell sarcoma (CRCS) are reported in whom neurologic abnormalities and radiologic (computerized tomographic [CT] scan) evidence of tumor remitted. In one patient, remission followed craniectomy and corticosteroid therapy and lasted for eight months. In the other patient, at least four remissions occurred over a span of seven years, each in conjunction with the administration of corticosteroids. Corticosteroids may favorably alter the biologic activity of tumor tissue in some cases of CRCS, predisposing to clinical remission and disappearance of tumor on CT scan.
报告了两名患有脑网状细胞肉瘤（CRCS）的患者，其神经功能异常及肿瘤的放射学（计算机断层扫描[CT]）证据均有缓解。其中一名患者，颅骨切除及皮质类固醇治疗后出现缓解，持续了八个月。另一名患者在七年时间里至少出现了四次缓解，每次缓解都与皮质类固醇的使用有关。在某些CRCS病例中，皮质类固醇可能会有利地改变肿瘤组织的生物学活性，促使临床缓解以及CT扫描显示肿瘤消失。
