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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
Biopsy of suspected brain tumor was performed on 104 cases using Leksell's CT-guided stereotaxic system. The entire operation was performed in the CT room. A Backlund's spiral biopsy needle was advanced to the target point in a stepwise fashion and two to nine tissue samples were obtained from one to three biopsy tracks. Tissue sampling was impossible in two cases because the tumors were too hard for biopsy needle to advance. Also, sampling was sometimes difficult in the case of soft and necrotic tumor, cystic tumor, already treated (irradiated) tumor and the lesion including old blood clot. After the biopsy, minimal bleeding occurred in nine cases, however, stopped within 10 minutes by controlling the blood pressure. A minimum sized hematoma was visible on the postoperative CT in four cases. Postoperative neurological deterioration was seen in two cases. One case was transient and the other seemed to be in his natural course. Anyway, there were neither cases of operative mortality nor severely complicated cases in these series. Useful pathological diagnosis was possible in 83 cases (80%). Accurate diagnosis was not possible in the remaining 21 cases, however, their histological datum such as necrosis, blood clot, and so on were very useful to estimate the lesions. In summary, accurate diagnosis rate of CT-guided stereotaxic needle biopsy was 80%. However, it appeared to be a safe and useful procedure in the diagnosis of intracranial mass lesions.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0301-2603
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
141-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
[CT-guided stereotaxic biopsy in 104 cases of brain tumor].
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract