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Yang ZC, Yin CD, Yeh FC, Xue BW, Song XY, Li G, Deng ZH, Sun SJ, Hou ZG, Xie J. A preliminary study on corticospinal tract morphology in incidental and symptomatic insular low-grade glioma: implications for post-surgical motor outcomes. Neuroimage Clin 2023; 40:103521. [PMID: 37857233 PMCID: PMC10598056 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Our study aimed to investigate the shape and diffusion properties of the corticospinal tract (CST) in patients with insular incidental and symptomatic low-grade gliomas (LGGs), especially those in the incidental group, and evaluate their association with post-surgical motor function. METHODS We performed automatic fiber tracking on 41 LGG patients, comparing macroscopic shape and microscopic diffusion properties of CST between ipsilateral and contralateral tracts in both incidental and symptomatic groups. A correlation analysis was conducted between properties of CST and post-operative motor strength grades. RESULTS In the incidental group, no significant differences in mean diffusion properties were found between bilateral CST. While decreased anisotropy of the CST around the superior limiting sulcus and increased axial diffusivity of the CST near the midbrain level were noted, there was no significant correlation between pre-operative diffusion metrics and post-operative motor strength. In comparison, we found significant correlations between the elongation of the affected CST in the preoperative scans and post-operative motor strength in short-term and long-term follow ups (p = 1.810 × 10-4 and p = 9.560 × 10-4, respectively). CONCLUSIONS We found a significant correlation between CST shape measures and post-operative motor function outcomes in patients with incidental insular LGGs. CST morphology shows promise as a potential prognostic factor for identifying functional deficits in this patient population.
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- Zuo-Cheng Yang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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García-García S, González-Sánchez JJ, Cepeda S, Mosteiro-Cadaval A, Ferres A, Arrese I, Sarabia R. Validation of Presurgical Simulation of White Matter Damage Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging. World Neurosurg 2022; 167:e846-e857. [PMID: 36049727 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.08.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND The understanding of white matter (WM) was revolutionized by the emergence of tractography based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Currently, DTI simulations are implemented in preoperative planning to optimize surgical approaches. The reliability of these simulations has been questioned and investigated seeking for correlation between neurological performance and anomalies in DTI parameters. However, the ability of preoperative WM simulations to predict a surgical injury has not been thoroughly evaluated. Our objective was to assess the reliability of preoperatively simulated WM injuries for conventional neurosurgical procedures. METHODS WM surgical damage was preoperatively simulated by creating a 3-dimensional volume representing the endoscope or the surgical trajectory. This volume was used as an additional region of interest in the fascicle reconstruction to be subtracted from the original fascicle. Simulated, injured fascicles were compared in terms of the number of fibers and volume to those created from postoperative DTI studies. Reliability was assimilated into the correlation between the simulation and the postoperative reconstruction; evaluated using the intraclass correlation coefficient or Lin's Concordance correlation coefficient (CCC), and represented on Bland-Altman plots. RESULTS The preoperative and postoperative DTI studies of 30 patients undergoing various neurosurgical approaches were processed. The correlation between simulated injuries and postoperative studies was high in terms of fibers (Concordance correlation coefficient = Rho.C = 0.989 [95% confidence interval = 0.979-0.995]) and volume (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.95 [95% CI = 0.89-0.97]). Bland-Altman plots demonstrated that the great majority of cases fell within the mean ± 2 Standard deviations. CONCLUSIONS Presurgical simulation of WM fascicles based on DTI is consistent with postoperative DTI studies. These findings require further validation by neurophysiological and clinical correlation.
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- Neurosurgery Department, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid, Spain
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- Neurosurgery Department, Hospital Clìnic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neurosurgery Department, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid, Spain
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- Neurosurgery Department, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid, Spain
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Shams B, Wang Z, Roine T, Aydogan DB, Vajkoczy P, Lippert C, Picht T, Fekonja LS. Machine learning-based prediction of motor status in glioma patients using diffusion MRI metrics along the corticospinal tract. Brain Commun 2022; 4:fcac141. [PMID: 35694146 PMCID: PMC9175193 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Along tract statistics enables white matter characterization using various diffusion MRI metrics. These diffusion models reveal detailed insights into white matter microstructural changes with development, pathology and function. Here, we aim at assessing the clinical utility of diffusion MRI metrics along the corticospinal tract, investigating whether motor glioma patients can be classified with respect to their motor status. We retrospectively included 116 brain tumour patients suffering from either left or right supratentorial, unilateral World Health Organization Grades II, III and IV gliomas with a mean age of 53.51 ± 16.32 years. Around 37% of patients presented with preoperative motor function deficits according to the Medical Research Council scale. At group level comparison, the highest non-overlapping diffusion MRI differences were detected in the superior portion of the tracts’ profiles. Fractional anisotropy and fibre density decrease, apparent diffusion coefficient axial diffusivity and radial diffusivity increase. To predict motor deficits, we developed a method based on a support vector machine using histogram-based features of diffusion MRI tract profiles (e.g. mean, standard deviation, kurtosis and skewness), following a recursive feature elimination method. Our model achieved high performance (74% sensitivity, 75% specificity, 74% overall accuracy and 77% area under the curve). We found that apparent diffusion coefficient, fractional anisotropy and radial diffusivity contributed more than other features to the model. Incorporating the patient demographics and clinical features such as age, tumour World Health Organization grade, tumour location, gender and resting motor threshold did not affect the model’s performance, revealing that these features were not as effective as microstructural measures. These results shed light on the potential patterns of tumour-related microstructural white matter changes in the prediction of functional deficits.
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- Boshra Shams
- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Neurochirurgie mit Arbeitsbereich Pädiatrische Neurochirurgie, Campus Charité Mitte , Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence: ‘Matters of Activity. Image Space Material’, Humboldt University Berlin , Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Neurochirurgie mit Arbeitsbereich Pädiatrische Neurochirurgie, Campus Charité Mitte , Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science , Espoo, Finland
- Turku Brain and Mind Center, University of Turku , Turku, Finland
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- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science , Espoo, Finland
- Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki University and Helsinki University Hospital , Helsinki, Finland
- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland , Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Neurochirurgie mit Arbeitsbereich Pädiatrische Neurochirurgie, Campus Charité Mitte , Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Digital Health - Machine Learning, Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam , Potsdam, Germany
- Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Neurochirurgie mit Arbeitsbereich Pädiatrische Neurochirurgie, Campus Charité Mitte , Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence: ‘Matters of Activity. Image Space Material’, Humboldt University Berlin , Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Neurochirurgie mit Arbeitsbereich Pädiatrische Neurochirurgie, Campus Charité Mitte , Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence: ‘Matters of Activity. Image Space Material’, Humboldt University Berlin , Berlin, Germany
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Fekonja LS, Wang Z, Cacciola A, Roine T, Aydogan DB, Mewes D, Vellmer S, Vajkoczy P, Picht T. Network analysis shows decreased ipsilesional structural connectivity in glioma patients. Commun Biol 2022; 5:258. [PMID: 35322812 PMCID: PMC8943189 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03190-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Gliomas that infiltrate networks and systems, such as the motor system, often lead to substantial functional impairment in multiple systems. Network-based statistics (NBS) allow to assess local network differences and graph theoretical analyses enable investigation of global and local network properties. Here, we used network measures to characterize glioma-related decreases in structural connectivity by comparing the ipsi- with the contralesional hemispheres of patients and correlated findings with neurological assessment. We found that lesion location resulted in differential impairment of both short and long connectivity patterns. Network analysis showed reduced global and local efficiency in the ipsilesional hemisphere compared to the contralesional hemispheric networks, which reflect the impairment of information transfer across different regions of a network. Tumors and their location distinctly alter both local and global brain connectivity within the ipsilesional hemisphere of glioma patients.
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- Lucius S Fekonja
- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. .,Cluster of Excellence: "Matters of Activity. Image Space Material", Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science, Espoo, Finland.,Turku Brain and Mind Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science, Espoo, Finland.,Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki University and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence: "Matters of Activity. Image Space Material", Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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Clinicopathologic analysis of microscopic tumor extension in glioma for external beam radiotherapy planning. BMC Med 2021; 19:269. [PMID: 34784919 PMCID: PMC8597244 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-021-02143-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is no consensus regarding the clinical target volume (CTV) margins in radiotherapy for glioma. In this study, we aimed to perform a complete macropathologic analysis examining microscopic tumor extension (ME) to more accurately define the CTV in glioma. METHODS Thirty-eight supra-total resection specimens of glioma patients were examined on histologic sections. The ME distance, defined as the maximum linear distance from the tumor border to the invasive tumor cells, was measured at each section. We defined the CTV based on the relationships between ME distance and clinicopathologic features. RESULTS Between February 2016 and July 2020, a total of 814 slides were examined, corresponding to 162 slides for low-grade glioma (LGG) and 652 slides for high-grade glioma (HGG). The ME value was 0.69 ± 0.43 cm for LGG and 1.29 ± 0.54 cm for HGG (P < 0.001). After multivariate analysis, tumor grade, O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase promoter methylated status (MGMTm), isocitrate dehydrogenase wild-type status (IDHwt), and 1p/19q non-co-deleted status (non-codel) were positively correlated with ME distance (all P < 0.05). We defined the CTV of glioma based on tumor grade. To take into account approximately 95% of the ME, a margin of 1.00 cm, 1.50 cm, and 2.00 cm were chosen for grade II, grade III, and grade IV glioma, respectively. Paired analysis of molecularly defined patients confirmed that tumors that had all three molecular alterations (i.e., MGMTm/IDHwt/non-codel) were the most aggressive subgroups (all P < 0.05). For these patients, the margin could be up to 1.50 cm, 2.00 cm, and 2.50 cm for grade II, grade III, and grade IV glioma, respectively, to cover the subclinical lesions in 95% of cases. CONCLUSIONS The ME was different between the grades of gliomas. It may be reasonable to recommend 1.00 cm, 1.50 cm, and 2.00 cm CTV margins for grade II, grade III, and grade IV glioma, respectively. Considering the highly aggressive nature of MGMTm/IDHwt/non-codel tumors, for these patients, the margin could be further expanded by 0.5 cm. These recommendations would encompass microscopic disease extension in 95% of cases. TRIAL REGISTRATION The trial was registered with Chinese Clinical Trial Registry ( ChiCTR2100049376 ).
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Garic D, Yeh FC, Graziano P, Dick AS. In vivo restricted diffusion imaging (RDI) is sensitive to differences in axonal density in typical children and adults. Brain Struct Funct 2021; 226:2689-2705. [PMID: 34432153 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-021-02364-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The ability to dissociate axonal density in vivo from other microstructural properties is important for the diagnosis and treatment of neurologic disease, and new methods to do so are being developed. We investigated one such method-restricted diffusion imaging (RDI)-to see whether it can more accurately replicate histological axonal density patterns in the corpus callosum (CC) of adults and children compared to diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI), and generalized q-sampling imaging (GQI) methods. To do so, we compared known axonal density patterns defined by histology to diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) scans of 840 healthy 20- to 40-year-old adults, and to DWI scans of 129 typically developing 7-month-old to 18-year-old children and adolescents. Contrast analyses were used to compare pattern similarities between the in vivo metric and previously published histological density models. We found that RDI was effective at mapping axonal density of small (Cohen's d = 2.60) and large fiber sizes (Cohen's d = 2.84) in adults. The same pattern was observed in the developing sample (Cohen's d = 3.09 and 3.78, respectively). Other metrics, notably NODDI's intracellular volume fraction in adults and GQI generalized fractional anisotropy in children, were also sensitive metrics. In conclusion, the study showed that the novel RDI metric is sensitive to density of small and large axons in adults and children, with both single- and multi-shell acquisition DWI data. Its effectiveness and availability to be used on standard as well as advanced DWI acquisitions makes it a promising method in clinical settings.
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- Dea Garic
- Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
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Zoli M, Talozzi L, Martinoni M, Manners DN, Badaloni F, Testa C, Asioli S, Mitolo M, Bartiromo F, Rochat MJ, Fabbri VP, Sturiale C, Conti A, Lodi R, Mazzatenta D, Tonon C. From Neurosurgical Planning to Histopathological Brain Tumor Characterization: Potentialities of Arcuate Fasciculus Along-Tract Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography Measures. Front Neurol 2021; 12:633209. [PMID: 33716935 PMCID: PMC7952864 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.633209] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background: Tractography has been widely adopted to improve brain gliomas' surgical planning and guide their resection. This study aimed to evaluate state-of-the-art of arcuate fasciculus (AF) tractography for surgical planning and explore the role of along-tract analyses in vivo for characterizing tumor histopathology. Methods: High angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) images were acquired for nine patients with tumors located in or near language areas (age: 41 ± 14 years, mean ± standard deviation; five males) and 32 healthy volunteers (age: 39 ± 16 years; 16 males). Phonemic fluency task fMRI was acquired preoperatively for patients. AF tractography was performed using constrained spherical deconvolution diffusivity modeling and probabilistic fiber tracking. Along-tract analyses were performed, dividing the AF into 15 segments along the length of the tract defined using the Laplacian operator. For each AF segment, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) measures were compared with those obtained in healthy controls (HCs). The hemispheric laterality index (LI) was calculated from language task fMRI activations in the frontal, parietal, and temporal lobe parcellations. Tumors were grouped into low/high grade (LG/HG). Results: Four tumors were LG gliomas (one dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor and three glioma grade II) and five HG gliomas (two grade III and three grade IV). For LG tumors, gross total removal was achieved in all but one case, for HG in two patients. Tractography identified the AF trajectory in all cases. Four along-tract DTI measures potentially discriminated LG and HG tumor patients (false discovery rate < 0.1): the number of abnormal MD and RD segments, median AD, and MD measures. Both a higher number of abnormal AF segments and a higher AD and MD measures were associated with HG tumor patients. Moreover, correlations (unadjusted p < 0.05) were found between the parietal lobe LI and the DTI measures, which discriminated between LG and HG tumor patients. In particular, a more rightward parietal lobe activation (LI < 0) correlated with a higher number of abnormal MD segments (R = −0.732) and RD segments (R = −0.724). Conclusions: AF tractography allows to detect the course of the tract, favoring the safer-as-possible tumor resection. Our preliminary study shows that along-tract DTI metrics can provide useful information for differentiating LG and HG tumors during pre-surgical tumor characterization.
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- Matteo Zoli
- Pituitary Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Anatomic Pathology Unit, Azienda USL di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Functional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Functional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Functional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Neurosurgery Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Functional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Pituitary Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Functional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Ius T, Somma T, Baiano C, Guarracino I, Pauletto G, Nilo A, Maieron M, Palese F, Skrap M, Tomasino B. Risk Assessment by Pre-surgical Tractography in Left Hemisphere Low-Grade Gliomas. Front Neurol 2021; 12:648432. [PMID: 33679596 PMCID: PMC7928377 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.648432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background: Tracking the white matter principal tracts is routinely typically included during the pre-surgery planning examinations and has revealed to limit functional resection of low-grade gliomas (LGGs) in eloquent areas. Objective: We examined the integrity of the Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus (SLF) and Inferior Fronto-Occipital Fasciculus (IFOF), both known to be part of the language-related network in patients with LGGs involving the temporo-insular cortex. In a comparative approach, we contrasted the main quantitative fiber tracking values in the tumoral (T) and healthy (H) hemispheres to test whether or not this ratio could discriminate amongst patients with different post-operative outcomes. Methods: Twenty-six patients with LGGs were included. We obtained quantitative fiber tracking values in the tumoral and healthy hemispheres and calculated the ratio (HIFOF–TIFOF)/HIFOF and the ratio (HSLF–TSLF)/HSLF on the number of streamlines. We analyzed how these values varied between patients with and without post-operative neurological outcomes and between patients with different post-operative Engel classes. Results: The ratio for both IFOF and SLF significantly differed between patient with and without post-operative neurological language deficits. No associations were found between white matter structural changes and post-operative seizure outcomes. Conclusions: Calculating the ratio on the number of streamlines and fractional anisotropy between the tumoral and the healthy hemispheres resulted to be a useful approach, which can prove to be useful during the pre-operative planning examination, as it gives a glimpse on the potential clinical outcomes in patients with LGGs involving the left temporo-insular cortex.
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- Tamara Ius
- Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Scientific Institute, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) E. Medea, Pordenone, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Clinical Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Medical Physics, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Scientific Institute, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) E. Medea, Pordenone, Italy
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Cepeda S, García-García S, Arrese I, Velasco-Casares M, Sarabia R. Acute changes in diffusion tensor-derived metrics and its correlation with the motor outcome in gliomas adjacent to the corticospinal tract. Surg Neurol Int 2021; 12:51. [PMID: 33654554 PMCID: PMC7911041 DOI: 10.25259/sni_862_2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background: This study involves analysis of the relationship between variables obtained using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and motor outcome in gliomas adjacent to the corticospinal tract (CST). Methods: Histologically confirmed glioma patients who were to undergo surgery between January 2018 and December 2019 were prospectively enrolled. All patients had a preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study that included DTI, a tumor 2 cm or less from the CST, and postsurgical control within 48 h. Patients with MRI that was performed at other center, tumors with primary and premotor cortex invasion, postsurgical complications directly affecting motor outcome and tumor progression <6 months were excluded in the study. In pre- and post-surgical MRI, we measured the following DTI-derived metrics: fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity, and radial diffusivity of the entire CST and peritumoral CST regions and in the contralateral hemisphere. The motor outcome was assessed at 1, 3, and 6 months using the Medical Research Council scale. Results: Eleven patients were analyzed, and six corresponded to high-grade gliomas and five to low-grade gliomas. Four patients had previous motor impairment and seven patients had postsurgical motor deficits (four transient and three permanent). An FA ratio of 0.8 between peritumoral CST regions and the contralateral hemisphere was found to be the cutoff, and lower values were obtained in patients with permanent motor deficits. Conclusion: Quantitative analysis of DTI that was performed in the immediate postsurgery period can provide valuable information about the motor prognosis after surgery for gliomas near the CST.
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- Santiago Cepeda
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Río Hortega, Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Río Hortega, Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Río Hortega, Valladolid, Spain
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D'Souza S, Hirt L, Ormond DR, Thompson JA. Retrospective analysis of hemispheric structural network change as a function of location and size of glioma. Brain Commun 2021; 3:fcaa216. [PMID: 33501423 PMCID: PMC7811759 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaa216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Revised: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Gliomas are neoplasms that arise from glial cell origin and represent the largest fraction of primary malignant brain tumours (77%). These highly infiltrative malignant cell clusters modify brain structure and function through expansion, invasion and intratumoral modification. Depending on the growth rate of the tumour, location and degree of expansion, functional reorganization may not lead to overt changes in behaviour despite significant cerebral adaptation. Studies in simulated lesion models and in patients with stroke reveal both local and distal functional disturbances, using measures of anatomical brain networks. Investigations over the last two decades have sought to use diffusion tensor imaging tractography data in the context of intracranial tumours to improve surgical planning, intraoperative functional localization, and post-operative interpretation of functional change. In this study, we used diffusion tensor imaging tractography to assess the impact of tumour location on the white matter structural network. To better understand how various lobe localized gliomas impact the topology underlying efficiency of information transfer between brain regions, we identified the major alterations in brain network connectivity patterns between the ipsilesional versus contralesional hemispheres in patients with gliomas localized to the frontal, parietal or temporal lobe. Results were indicative of altered network efficiency and the role of specific brain regions unique to different lobe localized gliomas. This work draws attention to connections and brain regions which have shared structural susceptibility in frontal, parietal and temporal lobe glioma cases. This study also provides a preliminary anatomical basis for understanding which affected white matter pathways may contribute to preoperative patient symptomology.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shawn D'Souza
- MD Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.,Masters of Science in Modern Human Anatomy Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.,Masters of Science in Modern Human Anatomy Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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Lahiff MN, Ghali MGZ. The Ethical Dilemma in the Surgical Management of Low Grade Gliomas According to the Variable Availability of Resources and Surgeon Experience. Asian J Neurosurg 2020; 15:266-271. [PMID: 32656117 PMCID: PMC7335147 DOI: 10.4103/ajns.ajns_296_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Low grade gliomas (LGGs) affect young individuals in the prime of life. Management may alternatively include biopsy and observation or surgical resection. Recent evidence strongly favors maximal and supramaximal resection of LGGs in optimizing survival metrics. Awake craniotomy with cortical mapping and electrical stimulation along with other preoperative and intraoperative surgical adjuncts, including intraoperative magnetic resonance and diffusion tensor imaging, facilitates maximization of resection and eschews precipitating neurological deficits. Intraoperative imaging permits additional resection of identified residual to be completed within the same surgical session, improving extent of resection and consequently progression free and overall survival. These resources are available in only a few centers throughout the United States, raising an ethical dilemma as to where patients harboring LGGs should most appropriately be treated.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marshall Norman Lahiff
- School of Law, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.,Walton Lantaff Schoreder and Carson LLP, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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