Lakshmi Chavali BS, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Pattana Wangaryattawanich MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Mohammed R. Kaleel MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Sujit Prabhu MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Ashok J. Kumar MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

L. Anne Hayman MD, Abstract Co-Author: Founder, Anatom-e XRT Information Systems, Ltd

To describe the common spread pattern behavior of gliomas of the anterior prefrontal cortex using confocal reconstructions of MR images and Brodmann nomenclature.

Eighteen diffuse gliomas cases (Brodmann area [BA] 10) involving the prefrontal cortex and 4 cases involving the sub-genual cortex (BA 25) were retrospectively analyzed. The anterior prefrontal cortex spread pattern follows the white matter pathways. Also noted in latter, 5 cases presented with growth of a callosal tumor which caused herniation through the weak callosal isthmus. Prefrontal cortex can be reached by the spread from orbitiofrontal, sub-genual, and through the septal veins causing a late tumor spread posterior into the ventricle. Each of these functional and neurosurgical importance will be discussed. In summary, anterior prefrontal cortex gliomas spread via white matter tracts in predictable patterns with clinical ramifications.  

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Chavali, L, Wangaryattawanich, P, Kaleel, M, Prabhu, S, Kumar, A, Hayman, L, Predicting the Spread of Glial Tumors: Insights from the Prefrontal Cortex (BA 10).  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14018876.html