ISSN:
1433-0350
Keywords:
Brain stem auditory evoked potentials
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Somatosensory evoked potentials
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Intracranial tumors
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Childhood
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Somatosensory and brainstem auditory evoked potentials (SSEPs and BAEPs) provide sensitive measures of the central conduction functions of the auditory and somatosensory input systems at different levels of the central nervous system. The contribution of SSEPs and BAEPs in the primary diagnosis and follow-up of 26 children with infra- and supratentorial tumors were reviewed. The SSEPs, especially the specific complex, showed a latency increase in patients with supratentorial and brainstem mass lesions involving directly or distantly the somatosensory tracts. The BAEPs were sensitive for supratentorial pressure effects and for local and distant posterior fossa tumor effects. In the follow-up of children, evoked potentials offer a good method of detecting tumor recurrence, whereas neuroradiological procedures may be obscured by surgical or radiation artifacts.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00735734
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