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==Overview==
==Overview==
Head CT scan is helpful in the diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri. On head CT scan, gliomatosis cerebri is characterized by an isodense and hypoattenuated mass with ill-defined asymmetry and lack of mass effect.


==CT==
==CT==
*[[CT]] scans are often used to diagnose gliomatosis cerebri. It can confirm the location of the cancer and show the site where the cancer might have spread. These are helpful in staging the cancer and 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.
Head CT scan is helpful in the diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri. On head CT scan, gliomatosis cerebri is characterized by:<ref name="aaa">Radiographic features of gliomatosis cerebri. Dr Henry Knipe and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/gliomatosis-cerebri</ref>
*Isodense mass
*Lack of mass effect
*Hypoattenuation to the involved brain parenchyma
*Ill defined asymmetry


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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 gliomatosis cerebri. On head CT scan, gliomatosis cerebri is characterized by an isodense and hypoattenuated mass with ill-defined asymmetry and lack of mass effect.

CT

Head CT scan is helpful in the diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri. On head CT scan, gliomatosis cerebri is characterized by:[1]

  • Isodense mass
  • Lack of mass effect
  • Hypoattenuation to the involved brain parenchyma
  • Ill defined asymmetry

References

  1. Radiographic features of gliomatosis cerebri. Dr Henry Knipe and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/gliomatosis-cerebri


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