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Effect of Computed Tomography on Diagnosis of Neurological Disease

Rudolf FahlbuschJohannes SchrammWolfang MeeseGianni B. BradačKonrad KretzschmarOtto StochdorphEkkehard KaznerHarald SteinhoffThomas GrummeU. BüllSigurd WendeWolfgang Lanksch

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medicine.medical_specialtymedicine.diagnostic_testHistological typebusiness.industryBrain tumorComputed tomographyDiseasemedicine.diseaseRadionuclide angiographymedicineCt techniqueNeurosurgeryRadiologybusinessCerebral angiography

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Computed tomography is generally considered to be the most reliable and, indeed, the definitive diagnostic technique for demonstration of brain tumors. Approximately 98% of intracra-nial lesions are detected with CT. However, extremely high sensitivity is not the only advantage of CT in diagnosis of intracranial tumors. Accuracy in determining histological type, visualization of anatomical relations to important brain structures, knowledge of the growth pattern, and evidence of space-occupying effects of the tumor are at least as important for the neurosurgeon. In effect, CT studies allow definition of the entire complex “intracranial space-occupying process” by means of a single procedure in many cases.

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1981-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96653-8_8