Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 23 No. (1-2), 1991.
Professional paper
Evaluation of the diagnostic value of static brain scintigraphy in the detection of brain tumors
Ivan Mihaljević
Aleksandar Rusić
Nedeljko Topuzović
Đuro Vranković
Krešimir Glavina
Branislav Krstonošić
Abstract
In this study, nucleo-neurologic, neuro-radiologic and opthalmologic findings of 55 patients with pathohistologically verified diagnosis were analyzed. The diagnostic value of brain scinthigraphy and its complementarity with the findings of fundus examination, electroencephalography, cerebral angiography and computerized tomography in the detection of brain tumors and their postoperative recurrence were estimated. Preoperative diagnostic sensitivity of static brain scintigraphy was 92%, but it was somewhat lower in the detection of recurrence after surgical tumor removal (85%). The postoperative specificity of this procedure was lower than its sensitivity (66%). Yet, due to different binding of radiopharmacenticals within brain lesions, static brain scintigraphy could apart from anatomicopathologic data, provide important pathophysiologic differential diagnostic data on the tumor tissue, essential for determination of the surgical procedure. This method remains a very good brain screening technique, due to its non-invasiveness, possibility of ambulatory procedure and low patient iradiation.
Keywords
brain tumor; diagnosis static brain scintigraphy
Hrčak ID:
195838
URI
Publication date:
1.12.1991.
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