Usefulness of preoperative extracranial imaging in radiologically suspicious glioblastoma in the West of Scotland and proposal of an imaging diagnostic pathway.

Introduction: A computed tomography chest, abdomen and pelvis scan (CT CAP) is probably unnecessary if a glioblastoma is detected on the initial CT brain (CTB) before more radiologically definitive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We audited its frequency to develop and improve our diagnostic management pathway.

Methods: Twelve-month retrospective case series from 2018 of patients having an initial CTB suspicious for glioblastoma.