title: Posterior fossa stereotaxic biopsy using the Brown-Roberts-Wells stereotaxic system. Technical note.
abstract: Stereotaxic biopsy has been shown to be a reliable means of diagnosing posterior fossa lesions. The authors describe a technique for infratentorial transcerebellar stereotaxic access to posterior fossa parenchymal lesions using the Brown-Roberts-Wells apparatus in its standard commercial configuration. The necessity for tissue diagnosis of these lesions is briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, California.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Guthrie
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Adler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009336:Necrosis; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed