Oligoastrocytoma 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 oligoastrocytoma. On brain MRI, oligoastrocytoma is characterized by a mass which is typically hypointense on T1-weighted images and hyperintense on T2-weighted images. No enhancement is observed on gadolinium enhanced T1-weighted images.

MRI

Brain MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of oligoastrocytoma.
Findings on MRI suggestive of oligoastrocytoma are shown below:^[1]


MRI component	Findings

T1	Typically hypointense
T2	Typically hyperintense
Gadolinium enhanced T1	No contrast enhancement

References

↑ Radiologic MRI features of oligoastrocytoma. Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/oligoastrocytoma

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[radioMRI-1] Radiologic MRI features of oligoastrocytoma. Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/oligoastrocytoma

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Oligoastrocytoma MRI

Overview

MRI

References

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