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Early computed tomographic scanning after resection of brain tumors in children

✍ Scribed by Paul Steinbok; Ken Poskitt; D. Douglas Cochrane; O. Olof Flodmark

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Weight: 916 KB
Volume: 7
Category: Article
ISSN: 0256-7040
DOI: 10.1007/bf00263826

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✦ Synopsis

Enhanced and non-enhanced computed tomography (CT) brain scans were performed within 72 h of surgery on 21 children in whom brain tumors had been resected totally or subtotally, and scans were repeated at varying intervals thereafter. Biopsies of the resection margins were performed in 12 patients at the end of the surgical procedure. The immediate CT scan showed enhancement in the resection margin in 13 of the 21 patients and in 9 of the 13, the enhancement disappeared on follow-up scans. There was discordance between the results of immediate CT scan examination and the biopsies of the resection margins in 7 of the 12 cases. The advantages and disadvantages of an immediate postoperative scan versus a more delayed CT scan are discussed.

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