| Visualisation of intracranial space-occupying lesions by means of transcranial duplex sonography: report on two cases. | |
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PMID: 12948478 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: A new method for the visualisation of intracranial lesions by means of transcranial duplex sonography is illustrated by two cases. METHODS: The following methods were used to obtain images of a frontal glioblastoma and a meningioma: transcranial duplex sonography (2 MHz transducer), cerebral computed tomography (cCT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). RESULTS: Comparable to cerebral angiography, transcranial duplex sonography revealed displacement of the cerebral blood vessels and thus the presence of space-occupying lesions. CONCLUSIONS: Transcranial duplex sonography is a non-invasive method for the visualisation of the circle of Willis and its branches and therefore also an indirect indicator of space-occupying lesions within the cranial cavity. As a bedside investigation, it can be used for emergency or routine diagnostic procedures, and repeated as often as necessary for routine follow-up in everyday neurosurgical practice. |
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Authors:
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Ulrike Sanden; Gerhard Hildebrandt |
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Volume: 10 ISSN: 1532-2653 ISO Abbreviation: J Clin Neurosci Publication Date: 2003 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-09-01 Completed Date: 2009-10-26 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9433352 Medline TA: J Clin Neurosci Country: Scotland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 635-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland. ullisanden@yahoo.com |
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Aged Brain Neoplasms / pathology, radiography, surgery, ultrasonography* Dizziness / etiology Female Frontal Lobe / pathology, radiography, ultrasonography Glioblastoma / pathology, radiography, surgery, ultrasonography* Hallucinations / etiology Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology, radiography, surgery, ultrasonography Meningioma / pathology, radiography, surgery, ultrasonography Middle Aged Middle Cerebral Artery / ultrasonography Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment Outcome Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex / methods* Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial / methods* |
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