Adult central neurocytomas : Clinical features and long-term treatment outcomes in different age groups

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BACKGROUND: Central neurocytomas (CNs) usually occur in young adults, and the clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of patients in different age groups may be different.

METHODS: This study was undertaken to compare the clinical and long-term treatment outcomes of patients with CNs in younger and older adult age groups.

RESULTS: Eighty consecutive adults with CNs were included, with a mean presentation age of 28.4 ± 7.6 years (range: 19-66 years). Thirty (37.5%) patients were <27 years old, and they tended to manifest with multiple symptoms (p=0.002), increased intracranial pressure (ICP) symptoms (p=0.036), an acute clinical course (p=0.037), worse preoperative neurological function (p=0.023), and a larger lesion size and volume (p=0.004 and 0.007, respectively) than their older age counterparts (≧27 years). An older onset age (p=0.005) or age ≧27 years (p=0.014) and worsened Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) scale (p=0.040) immediately after microsurgery were associated with unimproved long-term outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS: CNs in younger adult patients behave differently from those in the older age group. Surgery can halt neurological deterioration and ensure satisfactory outcomes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

World neurosurgery - (2024) vom: 09. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Jiangfeng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Angsi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xueji [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adult
Central neurocytoma
Journal Article
Microsurgery
Neurological function
Prognosis

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Date Revised 11.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1016/j.wneu.2024.04.019

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NLM370938569