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Published on: February 22, 2015
[Adult intramedullary gliomas]
C Campello1, F Parker2, S Slimani2
1Service de neuro-oncologie, CHU La Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13005 Marseille, France.
Objectives:
Intramedullary gliomas are rare tumors accounting for less than 4% of all primary central nervous system tumors. The aims of this retrospective multicenter study were to assess their natural outcome as well as management.
Methods And Materials:
We studied 332 patients from 1984 to 2011. Histopathological examination revealed 72% ependymomas (94% were low grade tumors), 24% astrocytomas (29% were high grade tumors), 2.4% mixed gliomas and 1.7% oligodendrogliomas.
Results:
The mean age at diagnosis was 42.4 years for ependymomas, with male predominance, versus 39.6 years for astrocytomas. Pain was the most common initial presentation. In 20% of cases, astrocytomas were biopsied alone, but more than 80% of ependymomas had surgical resection. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy were reserved for malignant tumors, especially if they were ependymomas. The 5-year survival rate was 76.8% for astrocytomas and 94.5% for ependymomas. Histology, functional status prior to surgery, and tumor grade are among the prognostic factors.
Conclusion:
Our study showed that surgical treatment of gliomas is well codified, at least for ependymomas, but adjuvant treatment continues to play a marginal role in the management even in astrocytomas, which are infiltrative tumors.
