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supratentorial gliomas

originate + spread within white matter
- (unlike mets and meningiomas)
transcallosal spread ("butterfly glioma") common
more malignant tumors have:
- increased vascularity
- increased enhancement
- increased edema

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013