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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
- Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for subependymal giant cell astrocytoma.
- Treatment of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma has been solely surgical because of a lack of responsiveness to other strategies such as chemotherapy or radiation. The latter may also be associated with an increased risk of secondary malignancies.[1]
- Generally, it is agreed that small tumors are usually less invasive and that resecting noninvasive small tumors, diagnosed while still asymptomatic, is associated with excellent clinical outcomes with low morbidity and mortality.
- However, when diagnosed at a later stage, the tumor more often affects and invades neighboring structures such as the fornix, hypothalamus, basal ganglia, and genu of internal capsule and resection is associated with higher surgical morbidity and mortality.
Reference
- ↑ Roth, Jonathan; Roach, E. Steve; Bartels, Ute; Jóźwiak, Sergiusz; Koenig, Mary Kay; Weiner, Howard L.; Franz, David N.; Wang, Henry Z. (2013). "Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma: Diagnosis, Screening, and Treatment. Recommendations From the International Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Consensus Conference 2012". Pediatric Neurology. 49 (6): 439–444. doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.08.017. ISSN 0887-8994.