Journal article
Diagnostic yield of stereotactic needle-biopsies of sub-cubic centimeter intracranial lesions
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Stereotactic brain biopsies are widely used for establishing the diagnosis of intracranial lesions. Here we examine whether stereotactic biopsy of smaller brain lesions, defined for this study as being less than 1 cubic centimeter (1 cc) in volume, are associated with lowered diagnostic yield.
METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 267 consecutive patients who underwent stereotactic brain biopsy between 2007 and 2011. …
Authors
Waters JD; Gonda DD; Reddy H; Kasper EM; Warnke PC; Chen CC
Journal
Surgical Neurology International, Vol. 4, No. Suppl 3, pp. s176–s181
Publisher
Scientific Scholar
Publication Date
2013
DOI
10.4103/2152-7806.110677
ISSN
2229-5097