Journal article
The Role of Computed Tomography in the Management of Pineal Area Tumors
Australasian radiology, Vol.28(4), pp.284-293
11/1984
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.1984.tb02351.x
PMID: 6535563
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Eleven patients with pathology‐proven pineal area tumors were evaluated by computed tomography (CT) before and after treatment. There were 3 germinomas, 3 gliomas, 2 metastases, and 1 each of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, epidermoid tumor, and neuroblastoma. An accurate CT diagnosis was made in 9 of the 11 cases (82%). Although CT findings are not pathognomonic, an accurate diagnosis is possible in most cases if the CT information is combined with the age, sex, clinical findings, and, in some patients, tumor response to irradiation. CT, a noninvasive procedure, can help in evaluating the effects of various treatment modalities on pineal tumors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Role of Computed Tomography in the Management of Pineal Area Tumors
- Creators
- MONZER ABU‐YOUSEFPATRICK J HITCHON
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Australasian radiology, Vol.28(4), pp.284-293
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Oxford, UK
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1440-1673.1984.tb02351.x
- PMID
- 6535563
- ISSN
- 0004-8461
- eISSN
- 1440-1673
- Number of pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/1984
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Neurosurgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984040004802771
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