Image guided stereotactic approach of central nervous system lesions: accuracy, morbidity, mortality

We studied seventy-five patients with brain lesions biopsied by stereotaxis from March 1993 to December 1998 at Universidade Federal de São Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina. The three most frequent lesions were: metastasis, low grade astrocytomas and glioblastoma multiforme. The morbidity rate was...

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Published in:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 1999-09, Vol.57 (3A), p.615
Main Authors: Hisatugo, M K, Stávale, J N, Bidó, J O, Ferraz, F P
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Biopsy - adverse effects
Biopsy - methods
Biopsy - mortality
Brain - pathology
Brain Diseases - pathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Stereotaxic Techniques - adverse effects
Stereotaxic Techniques - mortality
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:We studied seventy-five patients with brain lesions biopsied by stereotaxis from March 1993 to December 1998 at Universidade Federal de São Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina. The three most frequent lesions were: metastasis, low grade astrocytomas and glioblastoma multiforme. The morbidity rate was 2.66% due to: one case of scalp infection in a patient with thalamic cyst; and a partial seizure during surgery in a patient with lymphoma. The mortality rate was 1.33% due to increasing of cerebral edema after biopsy and the patient died after one week. The diagnostic accuracy was 89.33%.
ISSN:0004-282X
DOI:10.1590/S0004-282X1999000400013