Significance of intracranial calcification in the roentgenologic diagnosis of intracranial neoplasms.

摘要: In these days of specialized procedures which may facilitate a precise localization mass lesions the brain, one must not overlook fact that ordinary roentgenography skull, when used intelligently and as patient's symptoms indicate, will reveal with considerable accuracy site frequently type an intracranial lesion. Calcification within lesion is most significant roentgenologic sign disease. Not only does position calcium shadows localize lesion, but infrequently arrangement deposits enable prediction probable histologic character mass. Since non-neoplastic well neoplastic exhibit roentgenographic evidence calcification, inasmuch characteristics such calcification are now established, experienced radiologist on his preliminary examination can identify be producing imitate...