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Gliomatosis cerebri MRI
Introduction
Overview
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
MRI
Brain MRI is helpful in the diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri. On brain MRI, gliomatosis cerebri is characterized by:[1][2]
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References
References
- β Radiographic features of gliomatosis cerebri. Dr Henry Knipe and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/gliomatosis-cerebri
- β Onal C, Bayindir C, Siraneci R, Izgi N, YalΓ§in 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): 94β9. PMIDΒ 9075253.
- β 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
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

![Axial FLAIR gliomatosis cerebri MRI.[3]](https://www.wikidoc.org/images/2/29/Axial_FLAIR_Gliomatosis_cerebri.jpg)
![T1 MRI of gliomatosis cerebri.[3]](https://www.wikidoc.org/images/a/ab/T1_Gliomatosis_cerebri.jpg)
![Coronal T2 gliomatosis cerebri MRI.[3]](https://www.wikidoc.org/images/1/17/Coronal_T2_Gliomatosis_cerebri.jpg)
![T2 MRI of gliomatosis cerebri.[3]](https://www.wikidoc.org/images/c/c7/T2_MRI_gliomatosis_cerebri.jpg)
![Axial T1 MRI of gliomatosis cerebri.[3]](https://www.wikidoc.org/images/0/0c/Axial_T1.jpg)
![Axial ADC of gliomatosis cerebri.[3]](https://www.wikidoc.org/images/8/81/Axial_ADC.jpg)
![MR spectroscopy of gliomatosis cerebri.[3]](https://www.wikidoc.org/images/3/3f/MR_spectroscopy.jpg)