Multicentric non-enhancing lesions in glioblastoma: A retrospective study

Alexandra Benouaich-Amiel*, Vadim Khasminsky, Omer Gal, Tamara Weiss, Susana Fichman, Andrew A. Kanner, Shani Berkowitz, Yosef Laviv, Jacob Mandel, Elizabeth Dudnik, Tali Siegal, Shlomit Yust-Katz

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Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) typically presents as a single lesion. Multicentric GBM are defined as well separated lesions on MRI (enhancing and non-enhancing). Multicentric GBM with non-enhancing lesions (MNE-GBM) are rarely described in literature. We aimed at describing the radiologic characteristics, treatment, and clinical course of those patients. The institutional neuropathological database was searched for GBM patients diagnosed between 1/1/2015 and 31/05/2018. All pre-operative MRI brain scans were reviewed to identify patients with MNE-GBM. Electronic medical records and follow-up MRI scans were reviewed to assess progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Out of 149 adult patients with newly diagnosed GBM, 12 met the inclusion criteria of MNE-GBM, all of them presented at least one enhancing lesion. Median follow-up for the MNE-GBM patients was 16.1 months. At last follow-up, all patients had recurrence (median PFS 7.6 months) and eleven patients had deceased. Median OS was 16.2 months (95% CI, 4.1–27.5). Eleven patients received radiotherapy concomitant with temozolomide as initial treatment. Radiation field included all the disease foci (enhancing and non-enhancing lesions) in 8 patients, five of them progressed within the non-enhancing lesion. Three patients did not receive radiation for the entire non-enhancing lesions, and two of them progressed within the non-irradiated areas. In conclusion, MNE-GBM is not rare, and has high risk of aggressive progression within the separate non-enhancing lesion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)20-26
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Clinical Neuroscience
Volume85
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2021

Keywords

  • FLAIR
  • MRI
  • Multicentric glioblastoma
  • Non-enhancing lesion
  • Radiotherapy

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