Article
Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Low-Grade Gliomas.
World neurosurgery - 1 Oct 2022
Giantini-Larsen Alexandra M, Pannullo Susan, Juthani Rupa Gopalan
Abstract excerpt
Low-grade gliomas are clinically challenging entities. Patients with these tumors tend to be relatively young at presentation, and lesions are often incidental findings or are identified because the patient presents with a seizure. Rapidly emerging and evolving molecular classifications of gliomas have influenced treatment paradigms. Importantly, low-grade gliomas can be classified on the basis of IDH mutation...
Topics
- Brain Neoplasms
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Glioma
- Humans
- Isocitrate Dehydrogenase
- Mutation
- Oligodendroglioma