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A Comparison With Isotope Scans, Electroencephalograms, and Radiological Studies in 97 Cases

Cesare T. Lombroso, MD; Giuseppe Erba, MD; Takeo Yogo, MD; Nancy Logowitz; James St. Hilaire

Arch Neurol. 1970;23(6):518-527.

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DETECTION of space-occupying lesions has been the goal of echoencephalography from its early inception. The growing interest in these techniques resides mainly on its being particularly well suited for longitudinal examinations, rapid, harmless, and free of discomfort. Several authors^1-7 have published data regarding "mass echoes" in series of supratentorial space-occupying lesions. All these authors, with some exceptions^6,8 have utilized, with minor modifications, the unidimensional (A-mode) echoencephalography. In general, most workers have reached the conclusion that while in a varying proportion of cases mass echoes can be obtained, the detection of a displacement of midline structures appears to be a more reliable and constant result. However, some authors have expressed the opinion that unidimensional (A-mode) echoencephalography can be misleading in a small but significant group of cases, particularly when the midline structures are distorted or closely related to the lesion itself.^9-11

An intensity-modulated, linear, two-dimensional (B-mode) . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Boston

From the Department of Neurology, Children's Medical Center and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and the Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 10, 1970.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston 02115 (Dr. Lombroso).

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