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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Surgery]] is not the first-line treatment option for patients with oligodendroglioma. CSF shunting is usually reserved for patients with [[hydrocephalus]]. | |||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
Because of their diffusely infiltrating nature, oligodendrogliomas cannot be completely resected and are not curable by [[surgery|surgical excision]]. | *[[Surgery]] is not the first-line treatment option for patients with oligodendroglioma | ||
*Because of their diffusely infiltrating nature, oligodendrogliomas cannot be completely resected and are not curable by [[surgery|surgical excision]]. | |||
*The aim of surgery is to: | |||
**Make a definitive diagnosis | |||
**Debulk the [[tumor]] to relieve [[elevated intracranial pressure]] | |||
**Reduce the [[tumor|tumor mass]] as a precursor to adjuvant treatment | |||
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[[Category:Mature chapter]] | [[Category:Mature chapter]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]
Overview
Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with oligodendroglioma. CSF shunting is usually reserved for patients with hydrocephalus.
Surgery
- Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with oligodendroglioma
- Because of their diffusely infiltrating nature, oligodendrogliomas cannot be completely resected and are not curable by surgical excision.
- The aim of surgery is to:
- Make a definitive diagnosis
- Debulk the tumor to relieve elevated intracranial pressure
- Reduce the tumor mass as a precursor to adjuvant treatment