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57th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Neurosurgery
Joint Meeting with the Japanese Neurosurgical Society

German Society of Neurosurgery (DGNC)

11 - 14 May, Essen

Interstitial radiosurgery (IRS) as primary or adjunctive minimal invasive treatment in eloquently located pediatric low-grade gliomas: a pilot study

Interstitielle Radiochirurgie (IRS) als primäre oder adjuvante, minimal invasive Therapie bei eloquent lokalisierten, niedriggradigen kindlichen Gliomen: eine Pilotstudie

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  • corresponding author A. Peraud - Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
  • C. Goetz - Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
  • J.C. Tonn - Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
  • F.W. Kreth - Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie. Japanische Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie. 57. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie e.V. (DGNC), Joint Meeting mit der Japanischen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie. Essen, 11.-14.05.2006. Düsseldorf, Köln: German Medical Science; 2006. DocP 08.107

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Published: May 8, 2006

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Objective: The optimal therapeutic management of children with WHO grade I and II gliomas not accessible to complete resection is poorly defined. IRS might be an attractive treatment concept for selected patients with small and circumscribed tumours. Precise high dose application, maximal sparing of the surrounding normal tissue, and the absence of long-term complications have been reported to be the hallmarks of IRS. Therefore, the therapeutic impact and the risk of IRS alone or in combination with microsurgery were prospectively tested for pediatric patients with eloquently located gliomas.

Methods: Seven boys and 4 girls were included (mean age: 6.8 years, range: 11 months to 16 years). IRS (after stereotactic biopsy) was considered to be indicated for circumscribed tumours with a diameter in the range of 3.5 cm (4 patients). In the case of larger tumours a combined microsurgical/radiosurgical approach was preferred (7 patients). Exclusively temporary Iodine-125 seeds were used (tumour dose calculated to the boundary: 55 Gy, dose rate: 10 cGy/h). Tumour location was hypothalamic/suprasellar in 4, lobar in 3, deep (thalamus, pineal gland) in 3, and within the brainstem in 2 children. Treatment effects of IRS were estimated according to the Macdonald criteria.

Results: A complete response after IRS was seen in 4 patients and a partial response in 7 patients (median follow-up: 31.5 months). There was no perioperative morbidity after microsurgery and/or IRS and no radiogenic complications occurred during the follow-up period. Five patients experienced an improvement of their deficits and no deterioration of neurological/endocrinological function was seen for any of the patients at the time of last follow-up evaluation.

Conclusions: IRS alone or in combination with microsurgery (in the case of larger tumours) is a safe, effective, and minimal invasive treatment strategy for eloquently located pediatric low-grade gliomas and deserves further prospective evaluation.