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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 with marked midline shift, irregular and heterogenous enhancement of margins, necrotic center, surrounding vasogenic edema, and hemorrhage.[1]
Head CT scan is helpful in the diagnosis of glioblastoma. On head CT scan, glioblastoma is characterized by irregular and heterogenous enhancement of margins, necrotic center, surrounding vasogenic edema, and hemorrhagic butterfly shaped mass with marked midline shift.[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 1.2 XYZ of glioblastoma multiforme. Dr Dylan Kurda and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glioblastoma