Neurologic symptoms and signs in 347 cases of verified brain tumor.

NEUROLOGIC SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS IN 347 CASES OF VERIFIED BRAIN TUMOR David G. Freeman, Manousos A. Petrohelos, and John W. Henderson Neurology 1953;3:437–452 In making the diagnosis of a brain tumor, the only sure method is by surgical exploration and microscopic analysis. However, in order to make a tentative diagnosis of a space taking intracranial lesion there must be a strong suspicion initiated by the patient’s symptoms and confirmed by a careful neurologic examination. In analyzing the records of 347 brain tumors seen over a ten year period at the University Hospital, Ann Arbor, a purely statistical summary has been made of the symptoms and signs which occurred with sufficient frequency to be significant in the diagnosis. The purpose of this paper is to tabulate these findings according to proven anatomic location of the tumor.