ABSTRACT
Oligodendrogliomas are rare glial tumors with a long natural history. Radical surgery, postoperative radiotherapy, chemotherapy and observation have been suggested as part of primary management. This series reports the presentation and outcome in 34 patients with histologically verified pure oligodendrogliomas treated between 1983 and 1993. All patients were treated at the time of initial diagnosis with surgery, with or without additional radiotherapy. The overall survival and progression free survival rates at five years were 69.8% and 55% respectively. There was no tumor or treatment related factor influencing survival significantly.
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Adolescent , Adult , Brain Neoplasms/physiopathology , Child , Child, Preschool , Combined Modality Therapy , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Oligodendroglioma/physiopathology , Survival AnalysisABSTRACT
Oligodendrogliomas são neoplasias do tecido neuroepitelial glial originárias de oligodendrócitos. São tumores infreqüentes, responsáveis por cerca de 4 por cento a 7 por cento das neoplasias primárias do cérebro, predominantemente supratentoriais. O presente trabalho consistiu na avaliação dos achados de imagem pré-operatória em tomografia computadorizada e ressonância magnética e correlação clínica e patológica, levando-se em consideração a presença de tumores puros ou mistos, com componente astrocitário e o seu grau de anaplasia. O aspecto mais freqüente foi o de lesão hipodensa na tomografia computadorizada ou com hipossinal em T1 e hipersinal em T2 na ressonância magnética, podendo ter componente cístico, com pouco edema ao redor, apresentando calcificações, quase sempre grosseiras, em dois terços dos casos. Reforço após contraste ocorre em 80 por cento dos casos, na maioria discreto
Oligodendrogliomas are neuroepithelial neoplasms that originate from oligodendrocytes. These tumors account for 4% to 7% of all primary brain tumors and are most supratentorial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the findings of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging examinations of patients with oligodendrogliomas and correlate these findings with clinical and pathological data. Oligodendrogliomas may be pure or mixed, present astrocytic elements and vary from well differentiated to anaplastic. The most common finding observed was a lesion that appeared hypodense on CT or had low-intensity signal on T1-weighted and high-intensity signal on T2-weighted magnetic resonance images. Cystic elements, mild surrounding edema and calcifications (usually coarse) in 2/3 of the cases were also observed. Tumor enhancement was generally mild and was observed in 80% of the cases.