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Glioblastoma multiforme CT

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Head CT scan is helpful in the diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme. On head CT scan, glioblastoma multiforme is characterized by a butterfly shaped mass with marked midline shift, irregular and heterogenous enhancement of margins, necrotic center, surrounding vasogenic edema, and hemorrhage.[1]

CT

CT

transverse section of brain showing glioblastoma Source:Wikimedia Commons
Coronal section of brain showing glioblastoma Source:Wikimedia Commons


Head CT scan is helpful in the diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme. On head CT scan, glioblastoma multiforme is characterized by:[1]

  • Butterfly shaped mass crossing midline via the corpus callosum
  • Intense irregular, heterogenous enhancement of the margins
  • Irregular hypodense center representing necrosis
  • Marked mass effect (midline shift)
  • Surrounding vasogenic edema
  • Hemorrhage
  • Calcification is rare
References

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 XYZ of glioblastoma multiforme multiforme. Dr Dylan Kurda and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glioblastoma


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