Clinics in diagnostic imaging (175). Corpus callosum glioblastoma multiforme (GBM): butterfly glioma.

Author: Vijay KRISHNAN ¹ ; Tze Chwan LIM ¹ ; Francis Cho Hao HO ² ; Wilfred Cg PEH ¹
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1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore.
2. Department of Radiation Oncology, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Publication Type:Case Reports
Keywords: butterfly glioma; butterfly tumours; corpus callosum; glioblastoma multiforme
MeSH: Aged; Biopsy; Brain Neoplasms; diagnostic imaging; Corpus Callosum; diagnostic imaging; Glioblastoma; diagnostic imaging; Headache; physiopathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Movement Disorders; physiopathology; Nocturnal Enuresis; physiopathology
From:Singapore medical journal 2017;58(3):121-125
CountrySingapore
Language:English
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.