title: [The diagnosis of cerebral meningiomas at the stage of early clinical manifestation].
abstract: Presented are the results of the analysis on efficacy of cerebral meningiomas diagnosis at the stage of early clinical manifestation. The case-history data of 277 patients (95.5%) examined at the early stage of clinical manifestation have been analyzed. Type and frequency of referrals to the doctor at different periods of the disease and their dynamics, the set of curative and diagnostic procedures used for patients' examination during the referrals and timeliness and degree of diagnosing intracranial meningiomas at different stages of examination have been established. Factors responsible for the clinical manifestation of the existing tumor have been determined. Diagnosis of cerebral meningiomas at the stage of early clinical manifestation remains unsatisfactory: 24.6% of patients (68) did not seek medical aid despite the presence of clinical symptoms of the tumor and 40.9% attended the doctor repeatedly. In primary examination, cerebral meningioma was diagnosed in 30.7% of outpatients and in 47.3% of in-patients.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Bersnev
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Oliushin
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Shebzukhova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed