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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Spatial reorganisation of the somatosensory cortex in a patient with a low-grade glioma.

Sunit Das, Melanie Morrison, Fred Tam, Simon Graham

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sunit DasNeurosurgery, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Melanie MorrisonDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London, UK.
Fred TamDepartment of Medical Biophysics, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Simon GrahamDepartment of Medical Biophysics, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sunnybrook Research InstituteHammersmith Hospital · GBSt. Michael's Hospital · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple authors have speculated that functional plasticity of the neural networks required for speech and motor function may occur in the setting of low-grade brain tumours. Here, we present the case of a 39-year-old right-handed woman found on presentation for intermittent right-hand tingling and twitching to have a low-grade glioma involving the somatosensory cortex on both structural and functional MRI. Intraoperative awake mapping identified gyral dissociation of the somateosensory areas for right arm and leg sensation. These findings demonstrate that brain plasticity may be dramatic in the setting of a low-grade glioma, and emphasise the critical need for careful brain mapping when considering tumour resection in these patients.

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AdultBrain MappingBrain NeoplasmsCraniotomyEvoked Potentials, SomatosensoryFemaleGliomaHumansMonitoring, IntraoperativeNeurosurgical ProceduresSomatosensory CortexTreatment OutcomeCNS cancerneuroimagingneurooncologyneurosurgery

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PMID31061181
PMCPMC6505984
OpenAlexW2944724695

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