Lumbar meningeal enhancement after surgery in the posterior cranial fossa: a normal finding in children?
The meningeal enhancement renders immediate postoperative studies inconclusive for the detection of metastatic spread. Consequently, the obligatory tumor staging along the spinal canal should ideally be done prior to the resection of a cerebral tumor.
Postoperatively elevated serum CRP may be a prognostic indication after elective hepatic resection for patients with HCC.