title: A clinical sign of low grade astrocytoma.
abstract: A useful sign in diagnosing an astrocytoma is described. It consists simply of observing whether the patient moves on to the CT table of his own accord. A case is presented where the CT findings were of a large, low attenuation lesion in the cerebral white matter and where the sign was positive. This indicated that the diagnosis was a low grade astrocytoma rather than infarction, cerebritis or oedema of another cause.
authors.affiliation: Mater Hospital, Brisbane.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Scally
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Close
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed