title: [Current role of electroencephalography in the diagnosis of brain tumors].
abstract: The comparison of anamnestic and clinical findings and numerous others obtained by medical instruments of 204 patients suffering from cerebral tumour confirmed the high value of the EEG in detecting a cerebro-organic process. Normal EEG-results could be found in 10% of all patients only. Independent of kind and localisation of tumour the supratentorial area showed changes of background activity in 87% and focal findings in 78% of all cases. With so-called epilepsies due to a tumour, pathological EEG-results were found in 94% of all cases. The EEG, an inexpensive method which can easily and everywhere be applied and is also comfortable for the patients, will continue to exist in the pre-diagnostic stage and in the decision-making for other diagnostical measures.
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Zur gegenwärtigen Rolle der Elektroenzephalographie für die Hirntumordiagnostik.