Gliomatosis cerebri MRI

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

Overview

Brain MRI is helpful in the diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri. On brain MRI, gliomatosis cerebri is characterized by bilateral and diffuse infiltrative tumor which is isointense or hypointense on T1-weighted images and hyperintense on T2-weighted and FLAIR images.

MRI

Brain MRI is helpful in the diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri. On brain MRI, gliomatosis cerebri is characterized by:^[1]^[2]


MRI component	Findings

T1	Iso to hypointense to grey matter
T2	Hyperintense to grey matter
T1 with contrast	No or minimal enhancement
Diffusion weighted imaging	No restriction

Gallery

Axial FLAIR gliomatosis cerebri MRI.^[3]
T1 MRI of gliomatosis cerebri.^[3]
Coronal T2 gliomatosis cerebri MRI.^[3]
T2 MRI of gliomatosis cerebri.^[3]
Axial T1 MRI of gliomatosis cerebri.^[3]
Axial ADC of gliomatosis cerebri.^[3]
MR spectroscopy of gliomatosis cerebri.^[3]

References

↑ Radiographic features of gliomatosis cerebri. Dr Henry Knipe and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/gliomatosis-cerebri
↑ Onal C, Bayindir C, Siraneci R, Izgi N, Yalçin I, Altinel Z; et al. (1996). “A serial CT scan and MRI verification of diffuse cerebrospinal gliomatosis: a case report with stereotactic diagnosis and radiological confirmation”. Pediatr Neurosurg. 25 (2): 94–9. PMID 9075253.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 Image courtesy of Dr. Henry Knipe and Dr. Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia (original file here’).Creative Commons BY-SA-NC

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[ddd-1] Radiographic features of gliomatosis cerebri. Dr Henry Knipe and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/gliomatosis-cerebri

[pmid9075253-2] Onal C, Bayindir C, Siraneci R, Izgi N, Yalçin I, Altinel Z; et al. (1996). “A serial CT scan and MRI verification of diffuse cerebrospinal gliomatosis: a case report with stereotactic diagnosis and radiological confirmation”. Pediatr Neurosurg. 25 (2): 94–9. PMID 9075253.

[zzz-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 Image courtesy of Dr. Henry Knipe and Dr. Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia (original file here’).Creative Commons BY-SA-NC

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