Glioblastoma imitating a cavernoma radiologically: A unique image report

BACKGROUND: Glioblastoma is the most common primary malignant brain tumor with characteristic radiological features in most cases. CASE DESCRIPTION: We highlight an unusual case of a 54-year-old woman, neurologically intact, with a diagnostically challenging lesion. The patient’s magnetic resonance...

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Autores principales: Baqai, Muhammad Waqas Saeed, Aziz, Hafiza Fatima, Qazi, Saba Saleem, Faisal, Kunwer Sufyan, Shah, Syed Muhammad Ismail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10159318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37151445
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_976_2022
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Glioblastoma is the most common primary malignant brain tumor with characteristic radiological features in most cases. CASE DESCRIPTION: We highlight an unusual case of a 54-year-old woman, neurologically intact, with a diagnostically challenging lesion. The patient’s magnetic resonance imaging revealed a left frontal lesion with surrounding edema and a hemosiderin ring, misleading it to be a cavernoma. Intraoperatively, the lesion was found to be a solid tumor with hematoma and was confirmed to be glioblastoma on histopathology. CONCLUSION: The dilemma associated with our patient’s radiological findings and longstanding history of epilepsy is rare and a diagnostic challenge.

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