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Computertomography has brought about an impressive improvement of localisation (and specifying) of cerebral diseases as well as the present improvement in radiological and chemical therapy. Therefore the opinion has increased that non-operative diagnosis is already sufficient (5, 12) in many patients for the decision for a specific therapy (like in cases of midline tumors the risk of biopsy seems to be much greater for some authors than the value of biopsy for diagnostic and therapeutical procedures). In our opinion, however, the comparison of neuroradiological and histological findings enables clinicians to discuss a more accurate way of therapy and avoid possible diagnostic errors. We would like to demonstrate this in a number of cases and point to possible sources of diagnostic errors.
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Nasher, H.C., Nau, HE., Gerhard, L., Grote, W., Reinhardt, V. (1982). Necessity for Biopsy After the Introduction of Computerized Tomography. In: Driesen, W., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Computerized Tomography Brain Metabolism Spinal Injuries. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68310-7_5
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