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Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar

Print version ISSN 0138-6557On-line version ISSN 1561-3046

Abstract

GARCIA SANCHEZ, Sergio  and  SOLIS ALFONSO, Lesly. Coincidence of the monoscan computed tomography with the postsurgical anatomopathological examination in the diagnosis of primary intracranial tumors. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2010, vol.39, n.2, pp.125-133. ISSN 0138-6557.

OBJECTIVE: to determine the coincidence of the monoscan computed tomography with the postsurgical anatomopathological examination in the diagnosis of primary intracranial tumors. METHODS: a descriptive study was conducted in 85 patients underwent tomography diagnosis of a primary intracranial tumor and also a postsurgical anatomopathological diagnosis. RESULTS: the tomography diagnosis coincided with the anatomopathological one in a 87 % of cases. The monoscan computed tomography allowed in a high percentage to diagnose the primary intracranial tumors. CONCLUSIONS: there is a high coincidence of the results of monoscan computed tomography with the postsurgical anatomopathological examination as regards the diagnosis of primary intracranial tumors.

Keywords : Computed tomography; primary intracranial tumor,; brain tumor; tomography diagnosis.

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