Affiliation:
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul; and
2. Department of Pathology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
Astroblastoma (AB) is a rare glial tumor. The optimal treatment and prognosis of this tumor remain unclear. The authors retrospectively analyzed the clinical characteristics, neuroimaging findings, histopathological results, and treatment outcomes of 7 patients with AB.
METHODS
The study comprised 7 patients with pathologically proven AB who were surgically treated at Samsung Medical Center from November 1994 to January 2019. Clinicoradiological, histopathological, and surgical records were reviewed.
RESULTS
The patients included 5 girls (71.4%) and 2 boys (28.6%), with a median age of 13 years. All patients showed contrast enhancement on preoperative MRI: 5 ABs (71.4%) showed a concomitant solid and cystic appearance, and 2 (28.6%) demonstrated a solid appearance. ABs in 6 patients (85.7%) showed a well-circumscribed, characteristic "bubbly" appearance on T2-weighted MRI. Gross-total resection (GTR) was achieved in all cases (100%). Six patients (85.7%) were diagnosed with high-grade AB and 1 (14.3%) with low-grade AB. Six (85.7%) of the 7 patients received adjuvant treatment after resection, including 5 (83.3%) with AB who received chemotherapy and radiotherapy and 1 (16.7%) who received proton therapy alone. The median clinical follow-up duration was 96 months (range 48–189 months). Two patients experienced recurrence, and all patients in this series were alive at the last follow-up.
CONCLUSIONS
In this study, the clinicoradiological and histopathological features of AB were described. Based on the authors’ limited experience with 7 cases, resection with the goal of GTR is currently the mainstream treatment for AB, and adjuvant radiation treatment should be considered after surgery.
Publisher
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
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