Diagnostic yield of fluorescence-assisted frame-based stereotactic biopsies of intracerebral lesions in comparison with frozen-section analysis.

Vesna MalinovaKajetan von EckardsteinDorothee MielkeVeit Rohde

Published in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2020)

The 5-ALA-fluorescence in stereotactic biopsies of unclear intracerebral pathologies exhibits a high PPV/NPV for intraoperative confirmation of diagnostic tissue and might increase the diagnostic yield of the procedure by overcoming some of the limitations of frozen-section.

Keyphrases

single molecule
brain metastases
energy transfer
minimally invasive
ultrasound guided
quantum dots