title: [Percutaneous ultrasound-assisted tumor cyst puncture of a recurrent intracerebral brain tumor].
abstract: The beneficial effects obtained by using transcutaneous ultrasound-guidance for brain puncture will be shown by a case report of a patient with a tumor-cyst after operation for a recurrent of an astrocytoma. In total this method was performed in 18 patients with high effectiveness and without any complications.
authors.affiliation: Neurochirurgische Klinik der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winking
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wildförster
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Böker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004453:Echoencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011677:Punctures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012086:Reoperation