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Cardoen L, Tauziède-Espariat A, Dangouloff-Ros V, Moalla S, Nicolas N, Roux CJ, Bouchoucha Y, Bourdeaut F, Beccaria K, Bolle S, Pierron G, Dufour C, Doz F, Boddaert N, Brisse H. Imaging Features with Histopathologic Correlation of CNS High-Grade Neuroepithelial Tumors with a BCOR Internal Tandem Duplication. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2022; 43:151-156. [PMID: 34887247 PMCID: PMC8757552 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a7367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A new brain tumor entity occurring in early childhood characterized by a somatic BCL6 corepressor gene internal tandem duplication was recently described. The aim of this study was to describe the radiologic pattern of these tumors and correlate this pattern with histopathologic findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective, noninterventional study included 10 children diagnosed with a CNS tumor, either by ribonucleic acid-sequencing analysis or deoxyribonucleic acid methylation analysis. Clinical, radiologic, and histopathologic data were collected. A neuropathologist reviewed 9 tumor samples. Preoperative images were analyzed in consensus by 7 pediatric radiologists. RESULTS All tumors were relatively large (range, 4.7-9.2 cm) intra-axial peripheral masses with well-defined borders and no peritumoral edema. All tumors showed mild and heterogeneous enhancement and marked restriction on DWI of the solid portions. Perfusion imaging showed a relatively lower CBF in the tumor than in the adjacent normal parenchyma. Nine of 10 tumors showed areas of necrosis, with the presence of hemorrhage in 8/10 and calcifications in 4/7. Large intratumoral macroscopic veins were observed in 9/10 patients. No intracranial or spinal leptomeningeal dissemination was noted at diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS CNS tumors with a BCL6 corepressor gene internal tandem duplication present as large intra-axial peripheral masses with well-defined borders, no edema, restricted diffusion, weak contrast enhancement, frequent central necrosis, hemorrhage and calcifications, intratumoral veins, and no leptomeningeal dissemination at the time of diagnosis. Knowledge of these imaging characteristics may aid in histologic, genomic, and molecular profiling of brain tumors in young children.
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Affiliation(s)
- L. Cardoen
- From the Imaging Department (L.C., N.N., H.J.B.)
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- Department of Neuropathology (A.T.-E.), Centre Hospitalier Sainte Anne, Paris, France
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- Pediatric Radiology Department (V.D.-R., C.-J.R., N.B.), Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France,Institut Imagine (V.D.-R., N.B.), Université de Paris, Unité Médicale de Recherche (UMR) 1163, Paris, France,Université de Paris (V.D.-R., K.B., F.D., N.B.), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, ERL UA10, Paris, France
| | | | - N. Nicolas
- From the Imaging Department (L.C., N.N., H.J.B.)
| | - C.-J. Roux
- Pediatric Radiology Department (V.D.-R., C.-J.R., N.B.), Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
| | - Y. Bouchoucha
- SIREDO Oncology Center Care, Innovation and Research for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer (Y.B., F.B., F.D.)
| | - F. Bourdeaut
- SIREDO Oncology Center Care, Innovation and Research for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer (Y.B., F.B., F.D.)
| | - K. Beccaria
- Department of Neurosurgery (K.B.),Université de Paris (V.D.-R., K.B., F.D., N.B.), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, ERL UA10, Paris, France
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- Department of Biopathology and Genetics (G.P.), Institut Curie, Paris, France
| | - C. Dufour
- Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology (C.D.), Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- SIREDO Oncology Center Care, Innovation and Research for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer (Y.B., F.B., F.D.),Université de Paris (V.D.-R., K.B., F.D., N.B.), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, ERL UA10, Paris, France
| | - N. Boddaert
- Pediatric Radiology Department (V.D.-R., C.-J.R., N.B.), Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France,Institut Imagine (V.D.-R., N.B.), Université de Paris, Unité Médicale de Recherche (UMR) 1163, Paris, France,Université de Paris (V.D.-R., K.B., F.D., N.B.), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, ERL UA10, Paris, France
| | - H.J. Brisse
- From the Imaging Department (L.C., N.N., H.J.B.),Université Paris Saclay (H.J.B.), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, LITO U1288, Orsay, France
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