[Diagnostic value of angiographic studies of parietal lobe tumors]

Serial angiography is the principal method of examination in the study of problems concerning topical diagnosis of parietal lobe tumors, sources of blood supply to the new growth, routes of blood drainage, relation of the tumor to the major vessels and the venous collectors, and the collateral circulation, which is of essential importance in the choice of the optimal volume of the surgical intervention. The diagnostic possibilities of angiographic examination are becoming wider with tre use of the method of catheterization of the vessels by means of a balloon catheter and superselective angiography.