A case of giant cell glioblastoma: a mimicker of a cerebral metastasis.
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.
Nagao
Eiki
E
Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University.
Yoshiura
Takashi
T
Hiwatashi
Akio
A
Togao
Osamu
O
Yamashita
Kouji
K
Kamano
Hironori
H
Mizoguchi
Masahiro
M
Amano
Toshiyuki
T
Honda
Hiroshi
H
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008875:Middle Aged