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Central Neurocytoma on the Treatment and Outcome: Clinical Case Series Report

Received: 5 May 2022    Accepted: 23 May 2022    Published: 31 May 2022
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Central neurocytoma (CN) is a rare and elusive tumor. The relationship between clinical outcome, tumor nature, and treatment of CN remains controversial. There were eight CN patients in our hospital from 2014 to 2021, and the prevalence of CN accounted for 0.36% of brain tumors. All of them underwent surgical removal, and two of them were combined with adjuvant radiotherapy (RT). We found that four patients without surgical complications had small tumors (33.0 ± 19.5 cm³), while the other four patients with surgical complications had larger tumors (89.8 ± 14.2 cm³). This suggests that large tumors are prone to surgical complications. One particular patient with a large CN suffered from intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) caused by damage to the internal cerebral vein (figure 3). Regarding the effect of total removal (TR) and subtotal removal (SR) on surgical complications, two patients with large CNs died of IVH after TR. However, two other patients with large CN had a good prognosis after SR. Regarding the effect of adjuvant RT on surgical complications, one patient with large CN who received RT after SR and one patient with atypical small CN (MIB-1 LI 5.3%) who received RT after TR had a good prognosis without recurrence. Therefore, we suggest SR combined with RT for large CNs in the deep-site ventricle, TR for small CNs, and TR combined with RT for atypical small CNs. Clinical features of patients due to hydrocephalus subsided after surgical treatment. We also review literature and discuss clinical outcomes and treatment associated with CNs. Further investigation with a larger sample size is warranted for the optimal treatment.

Published in International Journal of Neurosurgery (Volume 6, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijn.20220601.15
Page(s) 23-27
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Keywords

Central Neurocytoma, MIB-1 Labeling Index, Internal Cerebral Vein, Transcallosal Surgery, Radiotherapy

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  • Department of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

  • Department of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

  • Department of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

  • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

  • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

  • Department of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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