Evaluación neuropsicológica pre y posquirúrgica de pacientes con tumor cerebral frontal

摘要: Frontal tumors represent 16% of all supratentorial neoplasm. They can be present at the same rate in both hemispheres. The symptoms are easily confused as psychiatrics instead neurological. Meningiomas and astrocitomas (glyomas) show high incidence, some studies have shown 90% patients who a frontal tumor, deficit execution neuropsychological tests, below percentil 10 according to their group any cognition areas.Executive functions were observed 78% patients, while memory attention deficits 60%. Objetive: cognitive function evaluation