[Preoperative computer tomography and postoperative classification of brain tumors]

Imaging of different brain tumor types by computed tomography (CT) or contrast-enhanced CT scans is often very similar. Therefore, the exact preoperative CT diagnosis of intracranial neoplasms is difficult. Among 100 cases (88 primary brain tumors, 12 brain metastases), the preoperative classification by CT was correct in 51 and partially correct in 22 cases. A corresponding presumptive CT diagnosis was made in 22 brain neoplasms. 5 cases were misinterpreted. Examples of CT scans and histological pictures are compared and analysed according to the literature.