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Cranial ultrasound in the diagnosis of malignant brain tumors

✍ Scribed by Wilbur L. Smith; Arnold Menezes; Edmund A. Franken

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1983
Tongue: English
Weight: 377 KB
Volume: 11
Category: Article
ISSN: 0091-2751
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870110209

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✦ Synopsis

Brain tumors in young children are often extremely difficult to diagnose on clinical grounds. Ultrasound is of proven efficacy in the diagnosis of intracranial hemorrhage,' cystic lesions of the brain,2 and congenital anomalies of the brain.3 In age groups in which a n acoustic window to the brain is available, ultrasound can be used as a diagnostic tool for detection of brain tum01-s.~ This report documents the use of ultrasound as a From the

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