title: Clinics in diagnostic imaging (175). Corpus callosum glioblastoma multiforme (GBM): butterfly glioma.
abstract: A 54-year-old man presented with change in behaviour, nocturnal enuresis, abnormal limb movement and headache of one week's duration. The diagnosis of butterfly glioma (glioblastoma multiforme) was made based on imaging characteristics and was further confirmed by biopsy findings. As the corpus callosum is usually resistant to infiltration by tumours, a mass that involves and crosses the corpus callosum is suggestive of an aggressive neoplasm. Other neoplastic and non-neoplastic conditions that may involve the corpus callosum and mimic a butterfly glioma, as well as associated imaging features, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Tze Chwan
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Francis Cho Hao
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Wilfred Cg
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Peh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006261:Headache / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D053206:Nocturnal Enuresis / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: butterfly glioma; butterfly tumours; corpus callosum; glioblastoma multiforme