Usefulness of preoperative extracranial imaging in radiologically suspicious glioblastoma in the West of Scotland and proposal of an imaging diagnostic pathway.
Simon LammyR McPartlinE BridgmanJ BouttellJ BrownPublished in: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2022)
Patients having an initial contrast CTB suggestive of glioblastoma, prior to definitive MRI, who are going to be managed surgically, having no history of extracranial malignancy, do not necessarily need a CT CAP unless MRI is non-diagnostic.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance imaging
- end stage renal disease
- internal carotid artery
- ejection fraction
- computed tomography
- newly diagnosed
- magnetic resonance
- chronic kidney disease
- diffusion weighted imaging
- peritoneal dialysis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- patients undergoing
- radiation therapy
- locally advanced
- positron emission tomography
- fluorescence imaging
- middle cerebral artery
- photodynamic therapy
- patient reported
- ultrasound guided