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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]
Overview
Head CT scan is helpful in the diagnosis of glioblastoma. On head CT scan, glioblastoma is characterized by a butterfly shaped mass crossing midline with marked midline shift, irregular and heterogenous enhancement of margins, necrotic center, and surrounding vasogenic edema and hemmorhage.[1]
CT
Head CT scan is helpful in the diagnosis of glioblastoma. On head CT scan, glioblastoma 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 XYZ of glioblastoma multiforme. Dr Dylan Kurda and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glioblastoma