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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

If left untreated, patients with oligodendroglioma may progress to develop seizures, focal neurological deficits, hydrocephalus, brain herniation, intracranial hemorrhage, and ultimately death.[1] Common complications associated with oligodendroglioma include hydrocephalus, intracranial hemorrhage, coma, bone marrow metastasis, recurrence, venous thromboembolism, parkinsonism, and side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Depending on the extent and grade of the tumor at the time of diagnosis, the prognosis of oligodendroglioma may vary. However, the prognosis is generally regarded as good. The median survival time for oligodendroglioma is 11.6 years for grade II and 3.5 years for grade III.[9]

Natural history

  • Oligoastrocytomas are slow growing tumors.[10] The tumors may be present for many years before they are diagnosed.[11]
  • Anaplastic oligodendroglioma usually grows quickly. These tumors may develop in one place or in many places throughout the brain.
  • If left untreated, patients with oligodendroglioma may progress to develop seizures, focal neurological deficits, hydrocephalus, brain herniation, intracranial hemorrhage, and ultimately death.[1]
  • Recurrence is a very common feature of oligodendrogliomas. It can be either of the same grade or higher grade at the primary site.[12]
  • The mixed gliomas with a 1p/19q loss would behave in an indolent or chemo-responsive fashion as expected of an oligodendroglioma, whereas those without this profile act biologically like astrocytic tumors, i.e. more aggressively and more prone to high grade transformation .[13]

Complications

Common complications associated with oligoastrocytoma include:[14][15][16][17][18]

Prognosis

  • Depending on the extent and grade of the tumor at the time of diagnosis, the prognosis of oligoastrocytoma may vary. However, the prognosis is generally regarded as good.[19]
  • The prognosis for patients with oligoastrocytoma is more favorable than that for anaplastic oligoastrocytoma because of the more indolent course and younger age at which most patients are diagnosed.[20]
  • The 1, 5, and 10-year survival rates of patients with oligoastrocytoma are approximately 87%, 56.97%, and 45.80%.[21]
  • Favorable prognostic factors for oligoastrocytoma include:[22][23][14][24][25][16]
  • Presence of microvascular proliferation and necrosis are poor prognostic factors for oligoastrocytoma.[26]

References

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  2. Simonetti G, Gaviani P, Botturi A, Innocenti A, Lamperti E, Silvani A (2015). "Clinical management of grade III oligodendroglioma". Cancer Manag Res. 7: 213–23. doi:10.2147/CMAR.S56975. PMC 4524382. PMID 26251628.
  3. Guppy KH, Akins PT, Moes GS, Prados MD (2009). "Spinal cord oligodendroglioma with 1p and 19q deletions presenting with cerebral oligodendrogliomatosis". J Neurosurg Spine. 10 (6): 557–63. doi:10.3171/2009.2.SPINE08853. PMID 19558288.
  4. Sharma A, Agarwal A, Sharma MC, Anand M, Agarwal S, Raina V (2003). "Bone marrow metastasis in anaplastic oligodendroglioma". Int J Clin Pract. 57 (4): 351–2. PMID 12800473.
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  6. Harada K, Kiya K, Matsumura S, Mori S, Uozumi T (1982). "Spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage caused by oligodendroglioma--a case report and review of the literature". Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 22 (1): 81–4. PMID 6176898.
  7. Hentschel S, Toyota B (2003). "Intracranial malignant glioma presenting as subarachnoid hemorrhage". Can J Neurol Sci. 30 (1): 63–6. PMID 12619787.
  8. Krauss JK, Paduch T, Mundinger F, Seeger W (1995). "Parkinsonism and rest tremor secondary to supratentorial tumours sparing the basal ganglia". Acta Neurochir (Wien). 133 (1–2): 22–9. PMID 8561031.
  9. Ohgaki H, Kleihues P (2005). "Population-based studies on incidence, survival rates, and genetic alterations in astrocytic and oligodendroglial gliomas". J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 64 (6): 479–89. PMID 15977639.
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  12. Kocaeli H, Yakut T, Bekar A, Taşkapilioğlu O, Tolunay S (2006). "Glioblastomatous recurrence of oligodendroglioma remote from the original site: a case report". Surg Neurol. 66 (6): 627–30, discussion 630-1. doi:10.1016/j.surneu.2006.02.049. PMID 17145331.
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  17. Finsterer J, Breiteneder S, Mueller MR, Wogritsch C, Vesely M, Kleinert R; et al. (1998). "Pleural and bone marrow metastasis from supratentorial oligoastrocytoma grade III". Oncology. 55 (4): 345–8. PMID 9663425.
  18. Specht CS, Pinto-Lord C, Smith TW, DeGirolami U, Suran E, Marshall PC; et al. (1986). "Spontaneous hemorrhage in a mixed glioma of the cerebellum: case report". Neurosurgery. 19 (2): 278–81. PMID 3748360.
  19. Liang Y, Bollen AW, Nicholas MK, Gupta N (2005). "Id4 and FABP7 are preferentially expressed in cells with astrocytic features in oligodendrogliomas and oligoastrocytomas". BMC Clin Pathol. 5: 6. doi:10.1186/1472-6890-5-6. PMC 1182359. PMID 16018821.
  20. Grier, J. T. (2006). "Low-Grade Gliomas in Adults". The Oncologist. 11 (6): 681–693. doi:10.1634/theoncologist.11-6-681. ISSN 1083-7159.
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  26. Miller, C. R.; Dunham, C. P.; Scheithauer, B. W.; Perry, A. (2006). "Significance of Necrosis in Grading of Oligodendroglial Neoplasms: A Clinicopathologic and Genetic Study of Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Gliomas". Journal of Clinical Oncology. 24 (34): 5419–5426. doi:10.1200/JCO.2006.08.1497. ISSN 0732-183X.


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