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Oligoastrocytoma surgery
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Surgery is the first-line treatment option for patients with oligoastrocytoma.[1][2][3][4] CSF shunting is usually reserved for patients with hydrocephalus.[5]
Surgery
Surgery
Surgical Resection
- Surgical resection is the first-line treatment option for patients with oligoastrocytoma.[1][2][3]
- The aim of surgery is to:[4]
- Make a definitive diagnosis
- Debulk the tumor to relieve elevated intracranial pressure
- Reduce the tumor mass as a precursor to adjuvant treatment
CSF Shunt
- CSF shunting is performed to relieve the pressure in the brain due to blockade in the flow of cerebrospinal fluid due to oligoastrocytoma.[5]
- External ventricular drain – temporary shunt
- Internal drain – permanent shunt
- Drains CSF into the patient’s abdomen where it is absorbed into the body
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pouratian N, Schiff D (2010). “Management of low-grade glioma”. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 10 (3): 224–31. doi:10.1007/s11910-010-0105-7. PMC 2857752. PMID 20425038.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chandana SR, Movva S, Arora M, Singh T (2008). “Primary brain tumors in adults”. Am Fam Physician. 77 (10): 1423–30. PMID 18533376.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Treatment of mixed gliomas. Canadian Cancer Society 2015. http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/brain-spinal/brain-and-spinal-tumours/mixed-glioma/?region=on. Accessed on October 20, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eskandar EN, Loeffler JS, O’Neill AM, Hunter GJ, Louis DN (2004). “Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 33-2004. A 34-year-old man with a seizure and a frontal-lobe brain lesion”. N Engl J Med. 351 (18): 1875–82. doi:10.1056/NEJMcpc049025. PMID 15509821.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Li KW, Roonprapunt C, Lawson HC, Abbott IR, Wisoff J, Epstein F; et al. (2005). “Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus associated with tectal gliomas”. Neurosurg Focus. 18 (6A): E2. PMID 16048288.
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