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ArticleScientific reports2021

Association of preoperative seizures with tumor metabolites quantified by magnetic resonance spectroscopy in gliomas.

Shunsuke Nakae, Masanobu Kumon, Kazuhiro Murayama, Shigeo Ohba, Hikaru Sasaki, Joji Inamasu, Kiyonori Kuwahara, Seiji Yamada, Masato Abe, Yuichi Hirose

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shunsuke NakaeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan. snakae.1977@gmail.com.
Masanobu KumonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
Kazuhiro MurayamaDepartment of Radiology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Shigeo OhbaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
Hikaru SasakiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
Joji InamasuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
Kiyonori KuwaharaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
Seiji YamadaDepartment of Pathology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Masato AbeDepartment of Pathology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Yuichi HiroseDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
Fujita Health University Hospital · JPFujita Health University · JPKeio University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seizures are common in patients with gliomas; however, the mechanisms of epileptogenesis in gliomas have not been fully understood. This study hypothesized that analyzing quantified metabolites using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) might provide novel insights to better understand the epileptogenesis in gliomas, and specific metabolites might be indicators of preoperative seizures in gliomas. We retrospectively investigated patient information (gender, age at diagnosis of tumor, their survival time) and tumor information (location, histology, genetic features, and metabolites according to MRS) in patients with gliomas. The data were correlated with the incidence of seizure and analyzed statistically. Of 146 adult supratentorial gliomas, isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutant tumors significantly indicated higher incidence of preoperative seizures than IDH wild-type gliomas. However, MRS study indicated that glutamate concentration in IDH wild-type gliomas was higher than that in IDH mutant gliomas. Glutamate was not associated with high frequency of preoperative seizures in patients with gliomas. Instead, increased total N-acetyl-L-aspartate (tNAA) was significantly associated with them. Moreover, multivariable analysis indicated that increased level of tNAA was an independent predictor of preoperative seizures. According to MRS analysis, tNAA, rather than glutamate, might be a useful to detect preoperative seizures in patient with supratentorial gliomas.

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Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMetabolomeAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAspartic AcidAstrocytesBrain NeoplasmsFemaleGliomaGlutamic AcidHumansIsocitrate DehydrogenaseMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisAspartic AcidGlutamic AcidIsocitrate DehydrogenaseN-acetylaspartate

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