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So here is another example.
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In fact, a 65-year-old male patient presented
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with headaches and neurological deficits.
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Now this one looked like, you know, it's an
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infiltrative lesion in the right parietal lobe.
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You can see on the T2-weighted images.
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And also on the FLAIR-weighted images.
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And if I show you the post-contrast, uh,
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this tumor is showing some patchy and
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nodular areas of enhancement within this
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lesion, uh, and also, uh, MR perfusion.
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You can see the CBV maps.
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This tumor has increased blood volume,
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almost, uh, looks like that this
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is going to be an aggressive tumor.
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Um, based on the age of now, one more
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important thing to understand in these
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cases, it's always a good idea to
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look at the CT scan if it's available.
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And this tumor clearly showed areas of
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calcification, as you can see on the CT scan.
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And that becomes an important aspect, uh,
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because not many glioblastomas or aggressive
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IDH wild-type gliomas will show calcification.
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Um, Once we see calcification, even though
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it's a little bit older individual, uh, this
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and also showing increased blood volume.
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Uh, we still consider an oligodendroglioma.
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The reason being oligodendrogliomas, even if
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they're low-grade, they can show increased blood
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volume because of the chicken wire vasculature.
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And, uh, they have, and this one turned
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out to be actually an oligodendroglioma,
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which occur mostly in younger individuals,
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but can also be seen in the 5th or 6th decade.
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Um, and, and can have calcification and
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enhancement as well as increased blood volume.
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And this one turned out to be a grade three
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oligodendroglioma, uh, but having said that
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even lower-grade or grade two oligodendrogliomas
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can have increased blood volume on imaging.
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