Journal
NEUROSURGERY
Volume 85, Issue 3, Pages E448-E456Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyy513
Keywords
IDH-wildtype astrocytoma; Lower grade gliomas; Telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter
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- Fundacion Alfonso Martin Escudero
- Association pour la Recherche Contre les Tumeurs Cerebrales
- Association pour la Recherche Contre le Cancer [PJA 20151203400]
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BACKGROUND Adult IDH-wildtype astrocytomas with TERT promoter mutations (TERTp) are associated with a poor prognosis. OBJECTIVE To analyze the radiological presentation and natural history of adult IDH-wildtype astrocytomas with TERTp. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the characteristics of 40 IDH-wildtype TERTp-mutant astrocytomas (grade II n = 19, grade III n = 21) and compared them to those of 114 IDH-mutant lower grade gliomas (LGG), of 92 IDH-wildtype TERTp-mutant glioblastomas, and of 15 IDH-wildtype TERTp-wildtype astrocytomas. RESULTS Most cases of IDH-wildtype TERTp-mutant astrocytomas occurred in patients aged >50 yr (88%) and presented as infiltrative lesions without contrast enhancement (73%) that were localized in the temporal and/or insular lobes (37.5%) or corresponded to a gliomatosis cerebri (43%). Thalamic involvement (33%) and extension to the brainstem (27%) were frequently observed, as was gyriform infiltration (33%). This radiological presentation was different from that of IDH-mutant LGG, IDH-wildtype TERTp-mutant glioblastomas, and IDH-wildtype TERTp-wildtype astrocytomas. Tumor evolution before treatment initiation was assessable in 17 cases. Ten cases demonstrated a rapid growth characterized by the apparition of a ring-like contrast enhancement and/or a median velocity of diametric expansion (VDE) >= 8 mm/yr but 7 cases displayed a slow growth (VDE <8 mm/yr) that could last several years before anaplastic transformation. Median overall survival of IDH-wildtype TERTp-mutant astrocytomas was 27 mo. CONCLUSION IDH-wildtype TERTp-mutant astrocytomas typically present as nonenhancing temporo-insular infiltrative lesions or as gliomatosis cerebri in patients aged >50 yr. In the absence of treatment, although rapid tumor growth is frequent, an initial falsely reassuring, slow growth can be observed.
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