Boonzaier, NR;
Hales, PW;
D'Arco, F;
Walters, BC;
Kaur, R;
Mankad, K;
Cooper, J;
... Clark, CA; + view all
(2020)
Quantitative MRI demonstrates abnormalities of the third ventricle subventricular zone in neurofibromatosis type-1 and sporadic paediatric optic pathway glioma.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: The subventricular zone of the third ventricle (TVZ) is a germinal stem cell niche, identified as the possible location of optic pathway glioma (OPG) cell origin. Paediatric OPGs are predominantly diagnosed as low-grade astrocytomas, which are either sporadic or are associated with neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF1). These tumours often cause a significant impairment to visual acuity (VA). Infiltrative/invasive tumour activity is associated with increased apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and cerebral blood flow (CBF). This study aimed to determine whether TVZ imaging features differed between sporadic-OPG, NF1-OPG and controls, and whether the ADC and CBF profile at the germinal stem cell niche (the TVZ) correlated with the primary outcome of VA. METHODS: ADC and CBF MRI data were acquired from 30 paediatric OPG patients (median age 6 years; range 8 months-17 years), along with VA measurements, during clinical surveillance of their tumour. Values for mean ADC and maximum CBF were measured at the TVZ, and normalized to normal-appearing grey matter. These values were compared between the two OPG groups and the healthy control subjects, and multivariate linear regression was used to test the linear association between these values and patient's VA. RESULTS: In the TVZ, normalized mean ADC was higher in NF1-associated OPG patients (N = 15), compared to both sporadic OPG patients (N = 15; p = 0.010) and healthy controls (N = 14; p < 0.001). In the same region, normalized maximum CBF was higher in sporadic OPG patients compared to both NF1-OPG patients (p = 0.016) and healthy controls (p < 0.001). In sporadic OPG patients only, normalized mean ADC in the TVZ was significantly correlated with visual acuity (R2 = 0.41, p = 0.019). No significant correlations were found between TVZ CBF and ADC values and visual acuity in the NF1-associated OPG patients. CONCLUSION: Quantitative MRI detects TVZ abnormalities in both sporadic and NF1-OPG patients, and identifies TVZ features that differentiate the two. TVZ features may be useful MRI markers of interest in future predictive studies involving sporadic OPG.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Quantitative MRI demonstrates abnormalities of the third ventricle subventricular zone in neurofibromatosis type-1 and sporadic paediatric optic pathway glioma |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102447 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102447 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Neurofibromatosis type-1, Optic pathway glioma, Paediatric, Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging, Third ventricle subventricular zone |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Neurosciences Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10112373 |
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