NCOG-34. A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF GLIOMATOSIS CEREBRI CASES, COMPARED ACCORDING TO IDH STATUS

Lisa Boris, Elizabeth Vera, Alvina Acquaye, Nicole Briceno, Anna Choi, Alexa Christ, Ewa Grajkowska, Varna Jammula, Heather Leeper, Jason Levine, Matthew Lindsley, Jennifer Reyes, Kayla Roche, James Rogers, Michael Timmer, Eric Burton, Nicole Lollo, Marissa Panzer, Lily Polskin, Marta Penas-PradoValentina Pillai, Brett Theeler, Jing Wu, Zied Abdullaev, Kenneth Aldape, Martha Quezado, Mark Gilbert, Terri Armstrong

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Abstract

Gliomatosis cerebri (GC) is a controversial entity no longer recognized as a histopathologic-defined diagnosis, characterized by diffuse, commonly bilateral infiltration of cerebral hemispheres. The purpose of this report is to describe clinical, imaging, patient-reported outcomes (PRO’s) and pathologic characteristics of clinically-defined cases from a large natural history study cohort (N=769). Of 19 patients, 10 male, 16 white, mean age at diagnosis 43 (19-70), seventeen presented as primary GC, while 2 developed GC after treatment. Ten patients were IDH-WT, 7 IDH-M, and 2 IDH undetermined. The majority (7/10) IDH-WT patients presented acutely (5 with seizures), whereas, 3 had a protracted presentation of 2 weeks-3months with 6/10 having enhancing tumors and 8/10 undergoing biopsy only. On histopathologic review, 4 were anaplastic astrocytoma (AA), 3 GBMs, 2 grade II astrocytoma, and 1 histone-mutated glioma. Nearly all (9/10) IDH-WT patients received radiation with concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide. 7/10 IDH-WT patients had a survival of only 1.5yrs or less from diagnosis. Of the 7 IDH-M patients, 4 had protracted presentations of 1 month-5 years. 6/7 had non-enhancing tumors at presentation. 4 had biopsy only and 3 underwent partial resection. 3 were AA, 2 grade II astrocytoma, 1 grade II oligodendroglioma, and 1 grade IV astrocytoma. 3/7 received radiation with concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide, 3/7 chemotherapy alone, and 1 RT alone. All 7 IDH-M patients survived 3+ years from diagnosis (range 3-10+ yrs). Both patients who developed GC later, were IDH-M, with prolonged survival (3.5yrs and the other still alive 10+yrs). PRO's at time of last clinical assessment revealed GC patients to be highly symptomatic with mean overall symptom burden, depression, and anxiety higher than our overall glioma population. GC patients have a varied clinical course mandating further investigation to enable better prognostic definition to refine treatments based on the varying clinical and molecular characteristics.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)vi159-vi159
JournalNeuro-Oncology
Volume23
Issue numberSupplement_6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2021

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