title: Fine needle aspiration biopsy for skull tumors: technical note and two demonstrative case reports.
abstract: Fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed in two case of infiltrating skull lesions. The role played by this relatively simple procedure in avoiding a major operation is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah University Hospital Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ashkenazi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Constantini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oren
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pappo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Umansky
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000473:pathology*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary