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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Overview

CT scans are often used to diagnose glioma. And it can also be used to guide biopsy.

CT

CT scans are often used to diagnose glioma. It can confirm the location of the cancer and show the location where the cancer might have spread. These are helpful in determining whether surgery is a good treatment option. And CT scans can also be used to guide biopsy and a biopsy sample is then removed and looked at under a microscope.

Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology