MRI-guided stereotactic biopsy for questionable diseases in brain.
- Author:
Yu-qing ZHANG
1
;
Guo-guang ZHAO
;
Kun-cheng LI
;
Jian-yu LI
;
Tao YU
;
Liang WANG
;
Yong-jie LI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Biopsy; Brain Diseases; diagnosis; pathology; Child; Cytodiagnosis; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; methods; Male; Middle Aged; Stereotaxic Techniques
- From: Chinese Journal of Surgery 2003;41(9):667-669
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo explore the accuracy and role of magnetic resonance imagine (MRI)-guided stereotactic biopsy for atypical diseases in brain.
METHODSUsing MRI volume scan and multiplane reconstruction, MRI-guided stereotactic brain biopsies were performed with CRW stereotactia frame in twenty-six patients whose lesions were atypical or unable to be detected by CT scanning.
RESULTSNo serious complication (intracranial hematoma, paralysis) caused by brain biopsy was found in all twenty-six patients. Definite pathologic diagnosis and appropriate treatment were given to these patients. The lesions included gliomatosis cerebri, brain cysticercosis and Krabbe's disease, et al.
CONCLUSIONSMRI-guided stereotactic brain biopsy is more accurate for pathological diagnosis than CT-guided stereotactic brain biopsy. MRI-guided stereotactic biopsy can provide reliable diagnosis and treatment especially for the questionable lesions in brain.
