A case of giant cell glioblastoma: a mimicker of a cerebral metastasis |
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Authors: | Nagao Eiki Yoshiura Takashi Hiwatashi Akio Togao Osamu Yamashita Kouji Kamano Hironori Mizoguchi Masahiro Amano Toshiyuki Honda Hiroshi |
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Affiliation: | Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University. |
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Abstract: | We report a rare case of giant cell glioblastoma that was difficult to distinguish from cerebral metastasis. The MRI finding was a ring-enhancing well-circumscribed solitary brain tumor that was very similar to cerebral metastasis. Even when MRI results were considered together with the findings by magnet resonance spectroscopy and perfusion-weighted MRI, it was hard to distinguish between giant cell glioblastoma and cerebral metastasis before surgery. When we find a solitary ring-enhancing intracranial mass with little tendency of invasion, we need to consider the possibility of giant cell GBM as a differential diagnosis. |
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