title: MRI-directed stereotactic biopsy of cerebral lesions.
abstract: Using a modified CT-directed stereotactic system we have performed MRI-directed biopsies in five patients whose intracerebral lesions were not clearly shown by CT. Tissue sampling from targets defined on the MR image enabled a histological diagnosis to be made in four of the five cases.
authors.affiliation: Gough-Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, Institute of Neurology, London, U.K.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bradford
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Bydder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed