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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of 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.[1]
MRI
- Brain MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of oligoastrocytoma.
- Findings on MRI suggestive of oligoastrocytoma are tabulated below:[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Radiologic MRI features of oligoastrocytoma. Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/oligoastrocytoma