The preoperative contrast-enhanced CT scan and the radionuclide brain scan of 70 patients with surgically verified supratentorial astrocytomas were evaluated and compared. The results indicate parallel mechanisms of action of contrast enhancement and radionuclide uptake. These diagnostic modalities
The value of CT-scanning in supratentorial haemangioblastomas
✍ Scribed by J. A. Pinto; J. R. Pereira; A. Guimarães; J. A. Veiga-Pires
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 295 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-3940
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✦ Synopsis
The authors describe a case of supratentorial haemangioblastoma, presenting with epileptic fits, without association with polycythemia, or Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, which, if present, would have given a clinical clue as to the nature of the lesion.
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