A case of giant cell glioblastoma: a mimicker of a cerebral metastasis.

نویسندگان

  • Eiki Nagao
  • Takashi Yoshiura
  • Akio Hiwatashi
  • Osamu Togao
  • Kouji Yamashita
  • Hironori Kamano
  • Masahiro Mizoguchi
  • Toshiyuki Amano
  • Hiroshi Honda
چکیده

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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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Fukuoka igaku zasshi = Hukuoka acta medica

دوره 101 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010