title: [Biopsy and stereotaxic radiotherapy of cerebral gliomas].
abstract: The Authors report their experience on a series of 125 patients that underwent stereotactic biopsy. The procedure has proved reliable and almost risk -free. The diagnosis obtained from the bioptic specimen by smear technique-cytological examination and by paraffin embedding-histological examination are compared. Neuropathologic data were also checked by the examination of the tumor bulk in cases that underwent surgical removal or autoptic verification. The preliminary results obtained in 8 patients with the new technique of external stereotactic irradiation by means of a linear accelerator are also shown.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques
vernacular_title: Biopsia e radioterapia stereotassica dei gliomi cerebrali.