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Brain diseases
brain tumors
About brain tumors - these are primary formations in the tissue itself or in the meninges of the brain, as well as metastases.
Tumors are divided into benign and malignant. In most cases, benign growths grow slowly and do not require urgent surgical intervention. Malignant tumors are characterized by rapid growth and the ability to penetrate healthy nearby brain tissue, destroying them.
Diagnostics
If a brain tumor is suspected during a neurological examination, additional examinations are prescribed: MRI, if necessary, CT with contrast, PET-CT, magnetoencephalography, cerebrospinal fluid puncture, blood test, EEG, stereotaxic biopsy.
Treatment
Methods for the treatment of brain tumors: drug symptomatic therapy (increased intracranial pressure, epileptic seizures caused by a tumor), surgical treatment (diagnostic operation, the purpose of which is a biopsy of brain tissue, craniotomy, surgery for hydrocephalus, gamma knife), radiotherapy, chemotherapy . Gamma Knife is usually used to treat small tumors without infiltrative growth into adjacent tissues. Craniotomy is performed to remove the tumor and prevent recurrence. If it is not possible to fully achieve the desired result through craniotomy, stereotaxic surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are prescribed.
Other methods of treatment: the use of drugs that suppress angiogenesis, immunotherapy, gene therapy.
Cost of diagnosis and treatment: 26,000,000 - 29,000,000 won (removal of benign growth)
32,000,000 - 36,000,000 won (removal of malignancy)
Carotid stenosis
The carotid arteries are paired cervical vessels that supply blood to the organs of the head. The common carotid artery is divided into internal and external. Carotid stenosis is a narrowing of the lumen of blood vessels, which can be caused by various reasons.
Diagnostics
Ultrasound of the carotid arteries, angiography, CT, MRI / MRA of the brain.
Treatment
The goal of carotid stenosis treatment is to prevent cerebral infarction. Treatment is recommended if the degree of narrowing is more than 70%.
Methods of treatment: drug treatment, stenting, carotid endarterectomy.
Cost of diagnosis and treatment: from 16,350,000 won
Cerebral aneurysm
An aneurysm is a pathological condition in which there is a stretching and bulging of the vessel wall. Most aneurysms are small (less than 10 mm). Aneurysms larger than 25 mm are called giant.
Diagnostics
CT angiography, MRI (which is a highly informative method that allows detecting aneurysms in 90% of cases), angiography of cerebral vessels by transfemoral access.
Treatment
The goal of treatment is to prevent cerebral hemorrhage. Methods of surgical treatment: aneurysm clipping (high degree of complete occlusion and stability), endovascular aneurysm embolization.
Cost of diagnosis and treatment: 27.200.000 - 30.200.000 won
My sickness
Moyamoya disease is a progressive disease characterized by a gradual narrowing of the lumen of the terminal segments of both internal carotid arteries and the lumen of their bifurcation site - the initial segments of the anterior and middle cerebral arteries. Widespread among representatives of the Mongoloid race. In children, it most often manifests itself in the form of ischemia or cerebral infarction, in adults - in the form of a hemorrhagic stroke. In stroke conditions, differential diagnosis between stroke and moyamoya disease is required.
Diagnostics
MRI / MRA of the brain, PET-CT (to assess cellular metabolism), single photon emission computed tomography (for postoperative prognosis).
Treatment
Surgery (direct and indirect shunting) and drug therapy.
Cost of diagnosis and treatment: 39,000,000 - 44,000,000 won