title: [Computed tomography and/or ventriculography? (author's transl)].
abstract: It is discussed if in intracranial tumors, especially in tumors of the posterior cranial fossa, a CT and/or a ventriculography should be practiced. We have made investigations of 134 patients, 93 of whom were children up to 14 years of age. Each case was undertaken computed tomography as well as ventriculography. The results are clearly demonstrating the superiority of computed tomography compared with ventriculography. Ventriculography is a surgical intervention stressing the patients, side-effects may occur, and sometimes serious complications are caused. Modern computed tomography is producing pictures of high quality, which are highly sufficient for neurosurgical intervention. Very rarely additional angiography has to be performed. The diagnosis of intracranial tumors can fully be established by computed tomography, whereas ventriculography is no longer necessary.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003616:Dandy-Walker Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010212:Papilloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011149:Pons / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Computer-Tomographie und/oder Ventrikulographie?