Fig 2. Treatment strategies and patient selection.
In cases of suspected thalamic glioblastoma, surgical resection is the treatment of choice in our hospital (n = 19). Biopsy was considered when there was ventricle wall enhancement, leptomeningeal enhancement, or multiple enhancement lesion in a distant location on magnetic resonance imaging (n = 18). Biopsy was performed in cases when the patient or family elected it (n = 6).