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1328148

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
Fifty-seven patients with histologically proven small cell lung carcinoma were prospectively evaluated for signs of brain metastasis by neurological examination and computerized tomographic (CT) brain scanning. The reliability of demonstrating brain metastases by means of neurological examination was compared with that of CT. Three (5%) patients, two with cerebrovascular infarcts and one with leptomeningeal metastases, were excluded from the study. Four (7%) patients, all with extensive disease, showed neurological symptoms and signs of brain metastases, which were confirmed in three cases by brain CT. The fourth patient had neurological symptoms and signs pointing to cerebral metastasis, but no sign of this was detected on CT at the time of diagnosis. However, six months later, after completion of chemotherapy, CT revealed signs of brain metastasis. The other fifty neurologically asymptomatic patients had no brain metastases on CT. This clinical study suggests that routine CT of the brain is not useful in neurologically asymptomatic patients with small cell lung carcinoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-7646
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
179-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnostic value of CT in the detection of brain metastasis in small cell lung cancer patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study