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Results of 200 intracranial stereotactic biopsies

✍ Scribed by Peter Grunert; Karl Ungersböck; Jürgen Bohl; Klaus Kitz; Nikolai Hopf

Book ID
104716456
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
609 KB
Volume
17
Category
Article
ISSN
0344-5607

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✦ Synopsis

200 stereotactic biopsies were evaluated. The validity of the intraoperative histopathological results were compared with the final diagnosis using conventional embedding and staining techniques. Further comparison between the histology of the biopsy and the post mortem or open operative findings were possible in 41 cases. Discrepancy was found in one case regarding the tumor detection, and in three cases regarding the tumor grading. The mortality in our patients was 1% and the morbidity 3%. Stereotactical biopsy had a low risk even in deep brain regions such as basal ganglia, mesencephalon, and pons. At the same time the high histologic validity makes the CT-guided stereotactical biopsy recommendable in all lesions not operated by an open resection before any conservative or palliative therapy is started.

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## Background: Stereotactic brain biopsy is considered by many physicians to have significant morbidity and mortality rates with a high risk of sampling error resulting in misdiagnosis. the technical aspects necessary to perform the procedure safely and effectively are unfamiliar to most physicians