Surgical Management of Brainstem-Expanding Lesions: The Role of Neuroimaging

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 153-173

  Royo, Arantxa ^a   Utrilla, Cristina ^a   Carceller, Fernando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN STEM GLIOMA; BRAIN STEM HEMATOMA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEAMWORK; TRACTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BIOPSY; WHITE MATTER TRACTOGRAPHY;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84875542470     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: 15585034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

References (89)

1. Bogucki J., Czernicki Z. Surgical treatment of brainstem tumours with special emphasis on the operative approach through the fourth ventricle floor. Folia Neuropathol 2003, 41(4):227-230.
2. Bricolo A., Turazzi S. Surgery for gliomas and other mass lesions of the brainstem. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery 1995, 22:261-341. Wien: Springer-Verlag.
3. Isamat F. Brainstem gliomas. Neurochirurgia 1995, 21:11-15.
4. Giannotta S.L., Barrow D.L. Neurosurg Focus 2010, 29(3). [Introduction].
5. Asaad W.D., Walcott B.P., Nahed B.V., et al. Operative management of brainstem cavernous malformations. Neurosurg Focus 2010, 29(3).
6. Bertalanffy H., Benes L., Miyazawa T., et al. Cerebral cavernomas in the adult. Review of the literature and analysis of 72 surgically treated patients. Neurosurg Rev 2002, 25:1-53.
7. Ferroli P., Sinisi M., Franzini A., et al. Brainstem cavernomas: Long-term results of microsurgical resection in 52 patients. Neurosurgery 2005, 56:1203-1212.
8. Mathiesen T., Edner G., Kihlström L. Deep and brainstem cavernomas: A consecutive 8-year series. J Neurosurg 2003, 99:31-37.
9. Samii M., Eghbal R., Carvalho G.A., et al. Surgical management of brainstem cavernomas. J Neurosurg 2001, 95:825-832.
10. Steinberg G.K., Chang S.D., Gewirtz R.J., et al. Microsurgical resection of brainstem, thalamic, and basal ganglia angiographically occult vascular malformations. Neurosurgery 2000, 46:260-270.
11. Wang C.C., Liu A., Zhang J.T., et al. Surgical management of brain-stem cavernous malformations: Report of 137 cases. Surg Neurol 2003, 59:444-454.
12. Sindou M., Yada J., Salord F. Functional results after microsurgical resection of brain stem cavernous malformations: Retrospective study of a 12 patient series and review of the recent literature. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2000, 142:843-852.
13. Ohue S., Fukushima T., Kumon Y., et al. Surgical management of brainstem cavernomas: Selection of approaches and microsurgical techniques. Neurosurg Rev 2010, 33:315-324.
14. Abla A., Turner J., Mitha A., et al. Surgical approaches to brainstem cavernous malformations. Neurosurg Focus 2010, 29(3):E8.
15. Porter R.W., Detwiler P.W., Spetzler R.F., et al. Cavernous malformations of the brainstem: Experience with 100 patients. J Neurosurg 1999, 90:50-58.
16. Bruneau M., Bijlenga P., Reverdin A., et al. Early surgery for brainstem cavernomas. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2006, 148:405-414.
17. Amin-Hanjani S., Ogilvy C.S., Candia G.J., et al. Stereotactic radiosurgery for cavernous malformations: Kjellberg's experience with proton beam therapy in 98 cases at the Harvard Cyclotron. Neurosurgery 1998, 42:1229-1238.
18. Lunsford L.D., Khan A.A., Niranjan A., et al. Stereotactic radiosurgery for symptomatic solitary cerebral cavernous malformations considered high risk for resection. Clinical article. J Neurosurg 2010, 113:23-29.
19. Nagy G., Razak A., Rowe J.G., et al. Stereotactic radiosurgery for deep-seated cavernous malformations: A move toward more active, early intervention. Clinical article. J Neurosurg 2010, 113(4):691-699.
20. Recinos P., Sciubba D., Jallo G. Brainstem tumors: Where are we today?. Pediatr Neurosurg 2007, 43:192-201.
21. Epstein F., Wisoff J.H. Intrinsic brainstem tumors in childhood: Surgical indications. J Neurooncol 1988, 6:309-317.
22. Albright A.L., Pollack I.F. Brainstem gliomas. Youmans Neurological Surgery 2004, vol 3:3663-3669. Saunders, Philadelphia.
23. Matson D. Tumors of the posterior fossa. Neurosurgery of Infancy and Childhood 1969, 469-477. Thomas, Springfield. C. Thomas (Ed.).
24. Di Maio S., Gul S.M., Cochrane D., et al. Clinical radiologic and pathologic features and outcome following surgery for cervicomedullary gliomas in children. Childs Nerv Syst 2009, 25:1401-1410.
25. Epstein F., McCleary E.L. Intrinsic brain-stem tumors of childhood: Surgical indications. J Neurosurg 1986, 64:11-15.
26. Stroink A.R., Hoffman H.J., Hendrick E.B., et al. Transependymal benign dorsally exophytic brain stem gliomas in childhood: Diagnosis and treatment recommendations. Neurosurgery 1987, 20:439-444.
27. Epstein F. A staging system for brain stem gliomas. Cancer 1985, 56:1804-1806.
28. Barkovich A.J., Krischer J., Kun L.E., et al. Brain stem gliomas: A classification system based on magnetic resonance imaging. Pediatr Neurosurg 1990, 16:73-83.
29. lbright AL: Brainstem gliomas. In Youmans JR (ed): Youmans Neurological Surgery, ed 4. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2603-2611, 1996.
30. Choux M., Lena G., Do L. Brainstem tumors. Pediatric Neurosurgery 2000, 471-491. Churchill Livingstone, New York. M. Choux, C. Di Rocco, A. Hockley (Eds.).
31. Levivier M., Massager N., Brotchi J. Management of mass lesions of the brain stem. Crit Rev Neurosurg 1998, 8:338-345.
32. Jallo G.I., Freed D., Roonprapunt C., et al. Current management of brainstem gliomas. Ann Neurosurg 2003, 3(1):1-17.
33. Albright A.L., Guthkelch A.N., Packer R.J., et al. Prognostic factors in pediatric brain-stem gliomas. J Neurosurg 1986, 65:751-755.
34. Bricolo A. Surgical management of intrinsic brain stem gliomas. Oper Techn Neurosurg 2000, 3:137-154.
35. Constantini S, Epstein F: Ultrasonic dissection in neurosurgery, In Wilkins RH, Rengachary SS (eds): Neurosurgery, Vol 1, ed 2. New York: McGraw-Hill, 607-608, 1996.
36. Daglioglu E., Cataltepe O., Akalan N. Tectal gliomas in children: The implications for natural history and management strategy. Pediatr Neurosurg 2003, 38:223-231.
37. Ternier J., Wray A., Puget S., et al. Tectal plate lesions in children. J Neurosurg 2006, 104(suppl):369-376.
38. Poretti A., Meoded A., Huisman T. Neuroimaging of pediatric posterior fossa tumors including review of the literature. J Magn Reson Imaging 2012, 35:32-47.
39. Isamat F., Acebes J.J., Conesa G. The significance of image-guided stereotactic surgery in the management of brainstem tumours. Crit Rev Neurosurg 1997, 7:123-128.
40. Kondziolka D., Lunsford L.D. Results and expectations with image-integrated brainstem stereotactic biopsy. Surg Neurol 1995, 43:558-562.
41. Mehta V.S., Chandra P.S., Singh P.K., et al. Surgical considerations for 'intrinsic' brainstem gliomas: Proposal of a modification in classification. Neurol India 2009, 57(3):274-281.
42. Schumacher M., Schulte-Mönting J., Stoeter P., et al. Magnetic resonance imaging compared with biopsy in the diagnosis of brainstem diseases of childhood: A multicenter review. J Neurosurg 2007, 106:111-119.
43. Neurosurgical Forum. J Neurosurg Pediatrics (5): 140-142, 2010.
44. Cartmill M., Punt J. Diffuse brain stem glioma. A review of stereotactic biopsies. Childs Nerv Syst 1999, 15:235-238.
45. Rajshekhar V., Chandy M.J. Computerized tomography-guided stereotactic surgery for brainstem masses: A risk-benefit analysis in 71 patients. J Neurosurg 1995, 82:976-981.
46. Roujeau T., Machado G., Garnett M.R., et al. Stereotactic biopsy of diffuse pontine lesions in children. J Neurosurg 2007, 107(suppl 1):1-4.
47. Helton K.J., Phillips N.S., Khan R.B., et al. Diffusion tensor imaging of tract involvement in children with pontine tumors. Am J Neuroradiol 2006, 27:786-793.
48. Lazar M., Alexander A.L., Thottakara P.J., et al. White matter reorganization after surgical resection of brain tumors and vascular malformations. Am J Neuroradiol 2006, 27:1258-1271.
49. Field A.S., Alexander A.L. Diffusion tensor imaging in cerebral tumor diagnosis and therapy. Top Magn Reson Imaging 2004, 15:315-324.
50. Field A.S., Alexander A.L., Wu Y.C., et al. Diffusion tensor eigenvector directional color imaging patterns in the evaluation of cerebral white matter tracts altered by tumor. J Magn Reson Imaging 2004, 20:555-562.
51. Chen X., Weigel D., Ganslandt O., et al. Diffusion tensor imaging and white matter tractography in patients with brainstem lesions. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2007, 149:1117-1131.
52. Helton KJ, Weeks JK, Phillips NS, et al. Diffusion tensor imaging of brainstem tumors: Axonal degeneration of motor and sensory tracts. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2008, 1:270-276.
53. Phillips N.S., Sanford R.A., Helton K.J., et al. Diffusion tensor imaging of intraaxial tumors at the cervicomedullary and pontomedullary junctions. Report of two cases. J Neurosurg 2005, 103(suppl 6):557-562.
54. Kashimura H., Inoue T., Ogasawara K., et al. Three-dimensional anisotropy contrast imaging of pontine gliomas: 2 Case reports. Surg Neurol 2007, 67:156-159.
55. Nimsky C., Ganslandt O., Fahlbusch R. Implementation of fiber tract navigation. Neurosurgery 2006, 58:ONS-292-ONS-304.
56. Cartmill M., Punt J. Diffuse brain stem glioma. A review of stereotactic biopsies. Childs Nerv Syst 1999, 15:235-238.
57. Witwer B.P., Moftakhar R., Hasan K.M., et al. Diffusion-tensor imaging of white matter tracts in patients with cerebral neoplasm. J Neurosurg 2002, 97:568-575.
58. Yu C.S., Li K.C., Xuan Y., et al. Diffusion tensor tractography in patients with cerebral tumors: A helpful technique for neurosurgical planning and postoperative assessment. Eur J Radiol 2005, 56:197-204.
59. Alvarez-Linera J. Magnetic resonance techniques for the brainstem. Semin Ultrasound CT MRI 2010, 31:230-245.
60. Berman J. Diffusion MR tractography as a tool for surgical planning. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 2009, 17:205-214.
61. Hess C.P., Mukherjee P., Han E.T., et al. Q-ball reconstruction of multimodal fiber orientations using the spherical harmonic basis. Magn Reson Med 2006, 56(1):104-117.
62. Tuch D.S. Q-ball imaging. Magn Reson Med 2004, 52(6):1358-1372.
63. Berman J.I., Chung S., Mukherjee P., et al. Probabilistic streamline Q-Ball tractography using the residual bootstrap. Neuroimage 2008, 39:215-222.
64. Wedeen V.J., Wang R.P., Schmahmann J.D., et al. Diffusion spectrum magnetic resonance imaging (DSI) tractography of crossing fibers. Neuroimage 2008, 41(4):1267-1277.
65. Knauth M., Wirtz C.R., Tronnier V.M., et al. Intraoperative MR imaging increases the extent of tumor resection in patients with high-grade gliomas. Am J Neuroradiol 1999, 20:1642-1646.
66. Jallo G.I., Kothbauer K.F., Epstein F.J. Surgical management of cervicomedullary and dorsally exophytic brainstem tumors. Oper Tech Neurosurg 2000, 3:131-136.
67. Epstein F., Wisoff J. Intra-axial tumors of the cervicomedullary junction. J Neurosurg 1987, 67:483-487.
68. Mathiesen T., Edner G., Kihlström L. Deep and brainstem cavernomas: A consecutive 8-year series. J Neurosurg 2003, 99:31-37.
69. Baldwin H.Z., Spetzler R.F., Wascher T.M., et al. The far lateral-combined supra- and infratentorial approach: clinical experience. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1995, 134:155-158.
70. Lewis A., Tew J.M. Management of thalamic-basal ganglia and brain-stem vascular malformations. Clin Neurosurg 1994, 41:83-111.
71. Zimmerman R.S., Spetzler R.F., Lee K.S., et al. Cavernous malformations of the brain stem. J Neurosurg 1991, 75:32-39.
72. Brown A.P., Thompson B.G., Spetzler R.F. The two-point method: Evaluating brain stem lesions. BNI Q 1996, 12:20-24.
73. Kashimura H., Inoue T., Ogasawara K., et al. Pontine cavernous angioma resected using the subtemporal, anterior transpetrosal approach determined using three-dimensional anisotropy contrast imaging: Technical case report. Neurosurgery 2006, 58(suppl 1):175.
74. Stieltjes B., Kaufmann W.E., van Zijl P.C.M., et al. Diffusion tensor imaging and axonal tracking in the human brainstem. Neuroimage 2001, 14:723-735.
75. Kempe LG: Operative Neurosurgery, vol 2. Wien. Springer-Verlag, 1-13, 1970.
76. Tanriover N., Ulm A.J., Rhoton A.L., et al. Comparison of the transvermian and telovelar approaches to the fourth ventricle. J Neurosurg 2004, 101:484-498.
77. Dandy W.E. The brain. Practice of Surgery 1966, 452-458. WF Prior, Hagerstown. D. Lewis (Ed.).
78. Kempe LG: Operative Neurosurgery, vol 2. Wien: Springer-Verlag, 1-13, 1970.
79. Jean W.C., Abdel Aziz K.M., Keller J.T., et al. Subtonsillar approach to the foramen of Luschka: An anatomic and clinical study. Neurosurgery 2003, 52:860-866.
80. Matsushima T., Fukui M., Inoue T., et al. Microsurgical and magnetic resonance imaging anatomy of the cerebello-medullary fissure and its application during fourth ventricle surgery. Neurosurgery 1992, 30:325-330.
81. Mussi A.C.M., Rhoton A.L. Telovelar approach to the fourth ventricle: Microsurgical anatomy. J Neurosurg 2000, 92:812-823.
82. Ziyal I.M., Sekhar L.N., Salas E. Subtonsillar-transcerebellomedullary approach to lesions involving the fourth ventricle, the cerebellomedullary fissure and the lateral brainstem. Br J Neurosurg 1999, 13:276-284.
83. Hauck E.F., Barnett S., White J., et al. The presigmoid approach to anterolateral pontine cavernomas. J Neurosurg 2010, 19:1-8.
84. Pichierri A., DÁvella E., Ruggeri A., et al. Endoscopic assistance in the epidural subtemporal approach and kawase approach: Anatomic study. Neurosurgery 2010, 67(suppl 3):29-37.
85. Yoshida K., Kawase T. Review trigeminal neurinomas extending into multiple fossae: Surgical methods and review of the literature. J Neurosurg 1999, 91(2):202-211.
86. Kawase T., Shiobara R., Toya S. Middle fossa transpetrosal-transtentorial approaches for petroclival meningiomas: Selective pyramid resection and radicality. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1994, 129(3-4):113-120.
87. Kawase T., Toya S., Shiobara R., et al. Transpetrosal approach for aneurysms of the lower basilar artery. J Neurosurg 1985, 63(6):857-861.
88. Al-Mefty O., Ayoubi S., Gaber E. Trigeminal schwannomas: Removal of dumbbell-shaped tumors through the expanded Meckel cave and outcomes of cranial nerve function. J Neurosurg 2002, 96(3):453-463.
89. Zhou L.F., Mao Y., Zhang R. Surgical treatment of dumbbell shaped neurinomas: Report of an experience with 57 cases in a single hospital. Surg Neurol 2007, 68(6):594-602.