Case Report on Asymptomatic Glioblastoma Found in “Brain-Dock”

Abstract

We report on an asymptomatic glioblastoma found in Brain-Dock (brain check-up). In MRI, a very small lesion of about 9 mm in diameter was detected near the cortical surface of the right frontal lobe of a 53-year-old man. MRI performed 45 days later revealed that the lesion had increased in size rapidly. While there were still no symptoms, the patient was operated on, and the tumor was diagnosed as glioblastoma pathologically.
We also describe the procedures used in our hospital and how we explain the results of Brain-Dock to examinees.