Cerebral metastases from lung carcinoma: neurological and CT correlation. Work in progress.

摘要: To determine the role of brain CT in neurologically asymptomatic lung cancer patients, a review was made and clinical findings 279 patients. Neurological status these patients categorized as (a) normal, (b) abnormal with specific signs symptoms, (c) vague symptoms. Brain metastases were found 94.5% (69/73) neurological findings, 26.6% (16/60) 11% (10/92) oat cell carcinoma normal examination, 40% (8/20) adenocarcinoma examination. metastasis not seen on 29 squamous It is concluded that useful for detection occult metastases, particularly adenocarcinoma,