A High Grade Gliomatosis Cerebri Case Report; MR, Diffusion MR and MR Spectroscopy Findings

Mehmet Beyazal; Özkan Ünal; Gökhan Yılmazer; Fatma Beyazal Çeliker; Temel Tombul

doi:10.4274/Tnd.73963

Mehmet Beyazal¹, Özkan Ünal¹, Gökhan Yılmazer², Fatma Beyazal Çeliker³, Temel Tombul⁴

¹Yüzüncü Yıl University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Van
²Yüzüncü Yıl University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Van
³Lokman Hekim Van Hospital, Department of Radiology, Van
⁴Yüzüncü Yıl University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Van

Keywords: Gliomatosis cerebri, Anaplasia, Diffusion weighted imaging, MR spectroscopy

Abstract

Gliomatosis cerebri is a rare primary diffuse cerebral malignity. It is characterized by diffuse proliferation of neoplastic glial cells that involve one or more cerebral lobes. For definitive diagnosis histopathological examination is required. Advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques are very useful in pretreatment diagnosis-staging and post-treatment follow-up. In this report a patient with gliomatozis cerebri was presented associated with the findings of magnetic resonance images, diffusion weighted images and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Also the importance and role of magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the diagnosis and staging gliomatosis cerebri, was discussed.