Tareq A Juratli1,2, Shilpa S Tummala1, Julie J Miller1,3, Daniel P Cahill4,5, Angelika Riedl2, Dirk Daubner6, Silke Hennig2, Tristan Penson1, Amir Zolal2, Christian Thiede7, Gabriele Schackert2, Dietmar Krex2. 1. Translational Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 2. Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. 3. Department of Neurology, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 4. Translational Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. cahill@mgh.harvard.edu. 5. Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. cahill@mgh.harvard.edu. 6. Institute of Neuroradiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. 7. Department of Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Abstract
PURPOSE: With the updated World Health Organization (WHO) 2016 neuropathological diagnostic criteria, radiographic prognostic associations in lower-grade gliomas (LGG, WHO grade II and III) are undergoing re-evaluation. METHODS: We identified 316 LGG patients (151 grade II and 165 grade III) for a combined cohort from three independent databases. We analyzed the preoperative axial FLAIR, axial T2-weighted and post-gadolinium volumetric T1-weighted MR images. The molecular data collected included the status of IDH1/2, TP53, TERT promoter and ATRX mutations, in addition to 1p/19q co-deletions. In a subset of cases (n = 133), we assessed the "T2-FLAIR mismatch" sign. RESULTS: Gliomas were assigned to one of the three molecular groups: Group O (IDH-mutant, 1p/19q co-deleted oligodendrogliomas, n = 95), Group A (IDH-mutant, ATRX inactivated astrocytomas, n = 175) and Group G (IDH wild-type, GBM-like, n = 46). A contrast-enhancing tumor was seen in 98 patients (31%), most frequently in Group G (n = 28/45, 57%), when compared to Group A (n = 49/175, 28%) and Group O (n = 24/95, 25.3%) tumors (p = 0.008 and p = 0.0011, respectively). Consistent with previous reports, T2-FLAIR mismatch was preferentially found in Group A tumors (73.1%, 60 of 82), although its presence was not associated with survival, after controlling for molecular group. False positive mismatch sign was noted in 28.5% (12/42) Group O tumors, but none of the tumors in Group G. A combination of all three factors: age under 40 years at first diagnosis, a tumor size larger than 6 cm and T2-FLAIR mismatch was highly specific for IDH mutant astrocytoma (Group A). CONCLUSION: We identify radiographic correlates of molecular groups in lower-grade gliomas, which join clinical demographic features in defining the characteristic presentation of these tumors. Radiographic correlates of prognosis in LGG require re-evaluation within molecular group.
PURPOSE: With the updated World Health Organization (WHO) 2016 neuropathological diagnostic criteria, radiographic prognostic associations in lower-grade gliomas (LGG, WHO grade II and III) are undergoing re-evaluation. METHODS: We identified 316 LGG patients (151 grade II and 165 grade III) for a combined cohort from three independent databases. We analyzed the preoperative axial FLAIR, axial T2-weighted and post-gadolinium volumetric T1-weighted MR images. The molecular data collected included the status of IDH1/2, TP53, TERT promoter and ATRX mutations, in addition to 1p/19q co-deletions. In a subset of cases (n = 133), we assessed the "T2-FLAIR mismatch" sign. RESULTS: Gliomas were assigned to one of the three molecular groups: Group O (IDH-mutant, 1p/19q co-deleted oligodendrogliomas, n = 95), Group A (IDH-mutant, ATRX inactivated astrocytomas, n = 175) and Group G (IDH wild-type, GBM-like, n = 46). A contrast-enhancing tumor was seen in 98 patients (31%), most frequently in Group G (n = 28/45, 57%), when compared to Group A (n = 49/175, 28%) and Group O (n = 24/95, 25.3%) tumors (p = 0.008 and p = 0.0011, respectively). Consistent with previous reports, T2-FLAIR mismatch was preferentially found in Group A tumors (73.1%, 60 of 82), although its presence was not associated with survival, after controlling for molecular group. False positive mismatch sign was noted in 28.5% (12/42) Group O tumors, but none of the tumors in Group G. A combination of all three factors: age under 40 years at first diagnosis, a tumor size larger than 6 cm and T2-FLAIR mismatch was highly specific for IDH mutant astrocytoma (Group A). CONCLUSION: We identify radiographic correlates of molecular groups in lower-grade gliomas, which join clinical demographic features in defining the characteristic presentation of these tumors. Radiographic correlates of prognosis in LGG require re-evaluation within molecular group.
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