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Lundar T, Due-Tønnessen BJ, Frič R, Brandal P, Due-Tønnessen P. Choroid Plexus Tumors in Children: Long-Term Follow-Up of Consecutive Single-Institutional Series of 59 Patients Treated over a Period of 8 Decades (1939-2020). World Neurosurg 2021; 158:e810-e819. [PMID: 34823041 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.11.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To present long-term follow-up of a consecutive single-institutional series of patients treated for choroid plexus tumors over 8 decades. METHODS From 1939 to 2020, 59 children were treated for choroid plexus tumors. Median age at diagnosis was 1.7 years. RESULTS Gross total resection was achieved in 51 patients (86%). Ten patients (17%) underwent >1 resection. During the first 4 decades of the study (1939-1979), 14 patients with plexus papillomas were treated. Operative mortality was 50%, with 6 of the remaining 7 patients experiencing excellent survival with follow-up periods of 41-81 years. In the last 4 decades (1980-2020), 38 patients had low-grade tumors, and all were alive at the latest follow-up (range, 0.5-39 years). Observed 5-year survival in this subgroup was 100% (n = 30), as was observed 10-year survival (n = 26). One of 7 (14%) patients with atypical choroid plexus papilloma and 3 of 31 patients (10%) with choroid plexus papilloma underwent a second resection owing to recurrent tumor. At last follow-up, 47 patients (80%) were alive; 45 (96%) had a Barthel Index score of 100 and 2 had a Barthel Index score of 50. Today 25 patients are adults (20-59 years old); 17 work full-time, 4 work part-time, and 4 are unable to work. CONCLUSIONS Low-grade choroid plexus tumors can be cured with gross total resection alone, with excellent long-term survival and functionality. The vast majority of survivors live independently as adults and work full-time. Recurrences are uncommon (8.7%), appear within the first few years after primary surgery, and can be treated with repeat resections.
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- Tryggve Lundar
- Department of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Outcomes in adulthood after neurosurgical treatment of brain tumors in the first 3 years of life: long-term follow-up of a single consecutive institutional series of 97 patients. Childs Nerv Syst 2021; 37:427-433. [PMID: 32814984 PMCID: PMC7835190 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-020-04859-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Long-term outcome for children who underwent surgery for brain tumors in the first 3 years of life is not well-known. METHODS We performed a retrospective study on surgical morbidity, mortality rate, academic achievement, and work participation in children below 3 years of age who underwent primary tumor resection for a brain tumor in the period from 1973 to 1998. Gross motor function and activities of daily life were scored according to the Barthel Index. Long-term survivors were defined as with a survival from primary diagnosis of 20 years or more. FINDINGS Ninety-seven consecutive children were included. No patient was lost to follow-up. Gross total resection was achieved in 67 children during the primary procedure, 25 had subtotal resections, and 5 had only partial resection. The 20-year survival figures for the 46 children with high-grade tumors was 33%, and the corresponding figures for 51 patients treated for low-grade tumors was 82%. Five of the 57 20-year-survivors died 21, 29, 30, 30, and 41 years, respectively, following primary surgery. Fifty of the 52 long-term survivors had a Barthel Index (BI) of 100, while the remaining two had a BI of 40. Twelve patients were long-term survivors after treatment for HG tumors (26%), while 40 of the 51 patients treated for LG tumors (78%) were alive. Thirty-two of the 52 long-term survivors were in full-time work and 29 of them after treatment for LG tumors. Another 10 were in part-time work, while the last 10 individuals had no working capacity. CONCLUSION Survival is better for patients with low-grade tumors compared with those with high-grade tumors. The functional level of long-term survivors is affected by adjuvant therapy and radiotherapy in particular. Neurosurgical intervention in itself is safe and plausible for pediatric brain tumor patients below 3 years of age. However, there should be a focus on potential late affects, and survivors should be followed by knowledgeable clinical staff for the neoplastic disease as well as for potential side effects. In this consecutive series, a 33% 20-year survival for children treated for HG tumors and 82% for patients with LG tumors was observed. The patients with LG tumors who had been treated with surgical resection without any adjuvant therapy showed a good clinical outcome as adults, and two-thirds of them were in full-time work.
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Lundar T, Due-Tønnessen BJ, Frič R, Brandal P, Stensvold E, Due-Tønnessen P. Adult outcome after neurosurgical treatment of brain tumours in the first year of life: long-term follow-up of a single consecutive institutional series of 34 patients. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2019; 161:1793-1798. [PMID: 31309304 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-019-04014-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Long-term results for adult patients who underwent surgery for paediatric brain tumours in the first year of life have not been reported. METHODS We performed a retrospective study on surgical morbidity, mortality rate, academic achievement and/or work participation in patients who underwent primary tumour resection for a brain tumour as infants in the period from 1973 to 1998. Gross motor function and activities of daily life were scored according to the Barthel Index. FINDINGS Thirty-four consecutive children were included. No patient was lost to follow-up. Twenty-two children (65%) underwent gross total resection (GTR), 10 had subtotal resections (STR) and 2 had only partial resection during primary surgery. Nine children were additionally surgically treated for hydrocephalus (HC), many of them with repeat operations for shunt malfunction during follow-up. Three children died within 30 days following GTR of highly vascular tumours. Seventeen (50%) of the infants had high-grade tumours with 1-month, 1-year and 20-year survival figures of 88, 30 and 30%. The corresponding figures for 17 patients treated for low-grade tumours were 94%, 88% and 88%, respectively. Seventeen patients (50%) are still alive as adult long-term survivors at median age of 29 years (range 20 to 43 years). Three died after 29, 30 and 41 years, respectively. At the latest follow-up, 16 out of 17 long-term survivors have a Barthel Index (BI) of 100, while the remaining one has a BI of 40. Two long-term survivors of a high-grade tumour treated 30 and 35 years ago are severely handicapped and have no working capacity. The 15 long-term survivors after treatment for a low-grade tumour are all in daily activity as students (4), in part-time work (3) or full-time work (8). CONCLUSION A brain tumour occurring in the first year of life is a serious threat to the patient and the family, particularly in case of high-grade tumours. In our small cohort, the results from long-term survivors of high-grade tumour group are depressing and confirm the deleterious effect of radiotherapy given to infants decades ago. The infants with low-grade tumours who could be treated with surgical resection without any adjuvant therapy show a good clinical outcome as adults. For parents of these latter patients, the results are far better than feared in advance.
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Lundar T, Due-Tønnessen BJ, Fric R, Egge A, Krossnes B, Due-Tønnessen P, Stensvold E, Brandal P. Neurosurgical treatment of gangliogliomas in children and adolescents: long-term follow-up of a single-institution series of 32 patients. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2018; 160:1207-1214. [PMID: 29680921 PMCID: PMC5948304 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-018-3550-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Object The object of this study was to delineate long-term results of the surgical treatment of pediatric tumors classified as ganglioglioma or gangliocytoma. Methods A cohort of consecutive patients 19 years or younger who had undergone primary resection of CNS tumors during the years 1980–2016 at a single institution were reviewed in this retrospective study of surgical morbidity, mortality, and academic achievement and/or work participation. Gross motor function and activities of daily living were scored using the Barthel Index (BI). Results Patient records for 32 consecutive children and adolescents who had undergone resection for a ganglioglioma were included in this study. Of the 32 patients, 13 were in the first decade at the first surgery, whereas 19 were in the second decade. The male/female ratio was 1.0 (16/16). No patient was lost to follow-up. The tumor was localized to the supratentorial compartment in 26 patients, to the posterior fossa in 5 patients, and to the spinal cord in 1 patient. Only two of the tumors were classified as anaplastic. Of the 30 low-grade tumors, 2 were classified as gangliocytomas, 6 were desmoplastic infantile gangliogliomas, and 22 were ordinary gangliogliomas. The aim of primary surgery was gross-total resection (GTR) and was achieved in 23 patients (71.9%). Altogether, 43 tumor resections were performed. Eight patients underwent a second resection from 1 to 10 years after primary surgery and three of these also had a third resection from 2 to 24 years after initial surgery. The reason for further resection was clinical (seizure control failure/recurrence of epilepsy or progressive neurological deficit) and/or residual tumor progression/recurrence. There was no operative mortality in this series and all 32 patients are alive with follow-up periods from 0.5 to 36 years (median 14 years). Observed 14-year survival is thus 100%. One out of two children with primary anaplastic tumor received local radiotherapy (proton) postoperatively. The other 31 patients did not have any kind of non-surgical adjuvant therapy. Twenty-one out of 26 children with supratentorial tumor had epilepsy as one of their presenting symptoms. Nineteen of these became seizure-free after initial surgery (18 of them after GTR), but 3 patients experienced recurrence of seizures within some years. Functional outcome in terms of ADL, schooling, and work participation was gratifying in most patients. Five patients have persistent hydrocephalus (HC), treated with ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts. Conclusion Low-grade gangliogliomas (GGs) can be surgically treated with good long-term results including seizure and tumor control as well as school and working participation.
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- Tryggve Lundar
- Department of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital, Postboks 4054, Nydalen, 0407, Oslo, Norway.
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital, Postboks 4054, Nydalen, 0407, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital, Postboks 4054, Nydalen, 0407, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Baran O, Kasimcan O, Oruckaptan H. Cerebellar Peduncle Localized Oligodendroglioma: Case Report and Review of the Literature. World Neurosurg 2018; 113:62-66. [PMID: 29438788 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2017] [Revised: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Oligodendrogliomas constitute 5% of all primary brain tumors and are the third most common cancer among intracranial tumors. More than 90% of oligodendrogliomas have supratentorial localization. Oligodendrogliomas arising in cerebellar peduncle are substantially rare, <1%. Up to now, 6 oligodendroglioma cases with cerebellar peduncle localization have been presented. We aimed to discuss our World Health Organization grade II oligodendroglioma case, which originated from cerebellar peduncle in the light of literature. CASE DESCRIPTION We report a case of 43-year-old woman. Her complaints were headache, perioral numbness and gait abnormality. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed cyst-like well-demarcated lesion localized in right cerebellar peduncle. Tumor excision was performed by turning around the tumor. CONCLUSION It should be kept in mind that oligodendrogliomas may be present as cerebellar peduncle localized tumors.
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- Oguz Baran
- Istanbul Research and Training Hospital, Neurosurgery Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Bruzek AK, Zureick AH, McKeever PE, Garton HJL, Robertson PL, Mody R, Koschmann CJ. Molecular characterization reveals NF1 deletions and FGFR1-activating mutations in a pediatric spinal oligodendroglioma. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2017; 64:10.1002/pbc.26346. [PMID: 27862886 PMCID: PMC5611838 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.26346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Pediatric spinal oligodendrogliomas are rare and aggressive tumors. They do not share the same molecular features of adult oligodendroglioma, and no previous reports have examined the molecular features of pediatric spinal oligodendroglioma. We present the case of a child with a recurrent spinal anaplastic oligodendroglioma. We performed whole exome (paired tumor and germline DNA) and transcriptome (tumor RNA) sequencing, which revealed somatic mutations in NF1 and FGFR1. These data allowed us to explore potential personalized therapies for this patient and expose molecular drivers that may be involved in similar cases.
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- Amy K. Bruzek
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Medical School, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Yuh WT, Chung CK, Park SH. Primary Spinal Cord Oligodendroglioma with Postoperative Adjuvant Radiotherapy: A Case Report. KOREAN JOURNAL OF SPINE 2015; 12:160-4. [PMID: 26512274 PMCID: PMC4623174 DOI: 10.14245/kjs.2015.12.3.160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Revised: 07/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Primary spinal cord oligodendrogliomas are rare tumors comprising two percent of all spinal cord tumors. Although a treatment guideline has yet to be established, maximal surgical resection is primary in the treatment of spinal cord oligodendrogliomas. Adjuvant radiotherapy has remained controversial, and it is unclear whether chemotherapy adds any benefit. In this case report, the authors present a 24-year-old male who had a seven-year history of left leg weakness and a radiating pain in both legs. Magnetic resonance image (MRI) showed an intramedullary mass at the T4-T8 level. He underwent subtotal removal of the tumor and pathologic diagnosis revealed a WHO grade II oligodendroglioma. The patient was treated with radiotherapy postoperatively and followed up with MRI annually. Clinical and radiological status of the patient had been stationary for four years after the surgery. The five-year follow-up MRI showed an increase in the size and extent of the residual tumor. Despite radiological progression, considering that symptoms and the performance status of the patient had remained unchanged, further treatment has not been performed. Given the clinical outcome of this patient, close observation after subtotal removal with adjuvant radiotherapy is one of the acceptable treatment options for WHO grade II spinal cord oligodendrogliomas.
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- Woon Tak Yuh
- Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Montano N, Trevisi G, Cioni B, Lucantoni C, Della Pepa GM, Meglio M, Papacci F. The role of laminoplasty in preventing spinal deformity in adult patients submitted to resection of an intradural spinal tumor. Case series and literature review. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2014; 125:69-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Revised: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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