Ultrasonic diagnosis and follow-up of malignant brain tumors in childhood. A report of 4 cases and a review of the literature.
Four patients between the ages of 2 and 20 years with malignant brain tumors were given several sonographic examinations, using an operative calvarial defect or sutural diastasis as an acoustic window. Three of our cases and 86% of cases with malignant brain tumors reported in the literature are echogenic, making possible primary sonographic diagnosis of tumor recurrence and echographic monitoring of tumor therapy.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography