Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 26 patients with intraparenchymal brain lesions who underwent boring biopsy.
Case | Age | Sex | Laterality | Location | Maximum tumor diameter (mm) | Length of boring biopsy (mm) | Target sampling | Diagnosis on histopathology | Complications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 60 | F | Left | Temporal | 35 | 27 | Success | DA | None |
2 | 18 | M | Right | Frontal | 27 | 20 | Success | DA | None |
3 | 42 | M | Left | Temporal | 34 | 25 | Success | DA | None |
4 | 79 | M | Left | Occipital | 52 | 25 | Success | GBM | None |
5 | 70 | F | Right | Parietal | 49 | 37 | Success | MS | None |
6 | 35 | F | Right | Temporal | 20 | 17 | Success | Normal brain | None |
7 | 57 | M | Right | Occipital | 45 | 33 | Success | DA | None |
8 | 76 | M | Right | Frontal | 48 | 24 | Success | GBM | None |
9 | 34 | F | Right | Frontal | 33 | 31 | Success | MS | None |
10 | 75 | M | Left | Frontal | 38 | 53 | Success | GBM | None |
11 | 29 | F | Right | Insula | 54 | 30 | Success | DA | None |
12 | 49 | F | Left | Temporal | 37 | 20 | Success | PCNSL | None |
13 | 85 | F | Right | Temporal | 72 | 37 | Success | GBM | None |
14 | 66 | F | Left | Temporal | 57 | 40 | Success | GBM | None |
15 | 39 | M | Left | Frontal | 63 | 44 | Success | PCNSL | None |
16 | 83 | M | Left | Parietal | 49 | 43 | Success | Hemorrhagic infarction | None |
17 | 36 | F | Left | Frontal | 35 | 20 | Success | AA | None |
18 | 55 | M | Left | Temporal | 62 | 36 | Success | GBM | None |
19 | 77 | M | Left | Frontal | 84 | 50 | Success | PCNSL | None |
20 | 72 | M | Left | Occipital | 20 | 37 | Success | PCNSL | None |
21 | 67 | M | Right | Frontal | 33 | 27 | Success | OD | None |
22 | 68 | M | Right | Parietal | 41 | 29 | Success | AA | None |
23 | 76 | M | Right | Corpus callosum | 44 | 39 | Success | GBM | None |
24 | 81 | M | Right | Frontal | 78 | 44 | Success | AA | Hematoma |
25 | 37 | M | Left | Frontal | 54 | 33 | Success | DA | None |
26 | 76 | M | Left | Thalamus | 37 | 38 | Success | PCNSL | Transient hemiparesis |
