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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]

CT

Head CT scan is helpful in the diagnosis of glioblastoma. On head CT scan, glioblastoma is characterized by:

• Irregular thick margins: iso to slightly hyper-attenuating
• Irregular hypodense centre representing necrosis
• Marked mass effect (midline shift)
• Butterfly shaped mass crossing midline via the corpus callosum
• Surrounding vasogenic edema
• Hemorrhage
• Calcification is rare
• Intense irregular, heterogenous enhancement of the margins

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