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Tectal Glioma

MedGen UID:: 1792786
•Concept ID:: C5556345
•: Neoplastic Process

Definition

A glioma that arises from the tectum mesenchephali. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVTectal Glioma

Disease
- Neoplasm
  - Malignant neoplastic disease
    - Malignant neoplasm of nervous system
      - Malignant neoplasm of the central nervous system
        Glioma
        Tectal Glioma
        Recurrent Tectal Glioma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Tectal gliomas: assessment of malignant progression, clinical management, and quality of life in a supposedly benign neoplasm.

Mohme M, Fritzsche FS, Mende KC, Matschke J, Löbel U, Kammler G, Westphal M, Emami P, Martens T
Neurosurg Focus 2018 Jun;44(6):E15. doi: 10.3171/2018.3.FOCUS1850. PMID: 29852760

Management of pineal region tumors.

Blakeley JO, Grossman SA
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2006 Nov;7(6):505-16. doi: 10.1007/s11864-006-0025-6. PMID: 17032562

Management of tectal glioma in childhood.

Stark AM, Fritsch MJ, Claviez A, Dörner L, Mehdorn HM
Pediatr Neurol 2005 Jul;33(1):33-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.12.014. PMID: 15876519

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Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Rescue bevacizumab following symptomatic pseudoprogression of a tectal glioma post-radiotherapy: a case report and review of the literature.

Nguyen TK, Perry J, Sundaram ANE, Detsky J, Maralani PJ, Calabrese E, Das S, Sahgal A
J Neurooncol 2019 Jul;143(3):475-481. Epub 2019 May 3 doi: 10.1007/s11060-019-03179-y. PMID: 31054097

Complete response and long-term survival (>20 years) of a child with tectal glioma: a case report.

Burzynski SR, Burzynski GS, Janicki TJ, Marszalek A
Pediatr Neurosurg 2015;50(2):99-103. Epub 2015 Apr 22 doi: 10.1159/000369907. PMID: 25926271

Complications and subsequent removal of retained shunt hardware after endoscopic third ventriculostomy: case series.

Pindrik J, Jallo GI, Ahn ES
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2013 Jun;11(6):722-6. Epub 2013 Apr 5 doi: 10.3171/2013.3.PEDS12489. PMID: 23560795

Hyponatremia following endoscopic third ventriculostomy: a report of 5 cases and analysis of risk factors.

Lang SS, Bauman JA, Aversano MW, Sanborn MR, Vossough A, Heuer GG, Storm PB
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2012 Jul;10(1):39-43. Epub 2012 Jun 15 doi: 10.3171/2012.4.PEDS1222. PMID: 22702328

Management of pineal region tumors.

Blakeley JO, Grossman SA
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2006 Nov;7(6):505-16. doi: 10.1007/s11864-006-0025-6. PMID: 17032562

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Prognosis

Atypical Molecular Features of Pediatric Tectal Glioma: A Single Institutional Series.

Yakir MJ, Elster JD, Paul MR, Khanna PC, Malicki DM, Levy ML, Crawford JR
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2023 Apr 1;45(3):e410-e414. Epub 2022 Nov 22 doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000002596. PMID: 36730386

Rescue bevacizumab following symptomatic pseudoprogression of a tectal glioma post-radiotherapy: a case report and review of the literature.

Nguyen TK, Perry J, Sundaram ANE, Detsky J, Maralani PJ, Calabrese E, Das S, Sahgal A
J Neurooncol 2019 Jul;143(3):475-481. Epub 2019 May 3 doi: 10.1007/s11060-019-03179-y. PMID: 31054097

Tectal glioma as a distinct diagnostic entity: a comprehensive clinical, imaging, histologic and molecular analysis.

Liu APY, Harreld JH, Jacola LM, Gero M, Acharya S, Ghazwani Y, Wu S, Li X, Klimo P Jr, Gajjar A, Chiang J, Qaddoumi I
Acta Neuropathol Commun 2018 Sep 25;6(1):101. doi: 10.1186/s40478-018-0602-5. PMID: 30253793 Free PMC Article

Visual outcome after endoscopic third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus.

Jung JH, Chai YH, Jung S, Kim IY, Jang WY, Moon KS, Kim SK, Chong S, Kim SK, Jung TY
Childs Nerv Syst 2018 Feb;34(2):247-255. Epub 2017 Nov 3 doi: 10.1007/s00381-017-3626-4. PMID: 29101614

Risk of seizures in children with tectal gliomas.

Dabscheck G, Prabhu SP, Manley PE, Goumnerova L, Ullrich NJ
Epilepsia 2015 Sep;56(9):e139-42. Epub 2015 Jul 21 doi: 10.1111/epi.13080. PMID: 26193802

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Clinical prediction guides

Tectal Low-Grade Glioma with H3 K27M Mutation.

Sumi K, Shijo K, Igarashi T, Yamamuro S, Sasano M, Oshima H, Ishige T, Honma T, Yagasaki H, Yoshino A
World Neurosurg 2020 Sep;141:91-100. Epub 2020 Jun 4 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.05.240. PMID: 32505657

Tectal gliomas: assessment of malignant progression, clinical management, and quality of life in a supposedly benign neoplasm.

Mohme M, Fritzsche FS, Mende KC, Matschke J, Löbel U, Kammler G, Westphal M, Emami P, Martens T
Neurosurg Focus 2018 Jun;44(6):E15. doi: 10.3171/2018.3.FOCUS1850. PMID: 29852760

Diagnosis and treatment for pure aqueductal tumor.

Tamura R, Miwa T, Ohira T, Yoshida K
J Clin Neurosci 2017 Oct;44:260-263. Epub 2017 Jul 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.06.059. PMID: 28690017

Risk of seizures in children with tectal gliomas.

Dabscheck G, Prabhu SP, Manley PE, Goumnerova L, Ullrich NJ
Epilepsia 2015 Sep;56(9):e139-42. Epub 2015 Jul 21 doi: 10.1111/epi.13080. PMID: 26193802

Management of pineal region tumors.

Blakeley JO, Grossman SA
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2006 Nov;7(6):505-16. doi: 10.1007/s11864-006-0025-6. PMID: 17032562

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