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Evaluation of the perioperative and postoperative course of surgery of pineal germinoma according to the SIOP CNS GCT 96 trial
Auswertung der perioperativen und postoperativen Verläufe chirurgischer Eingriffe bei pinealen Germinomen der SIOP CNS GCT 96 Studie
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Ehab Shabo
- Universitätsklinik Bonn, Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurochirurgie, Bonn, Deutschland
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Gabriele Calaminus
- Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Pädiatrische Hämatoonkologie, Bonn, Deutschland
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Hannes Haberl
- Universitätsklinik Bonn, Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurochirurgie, Bonn, Deutschland
| Published: | June 4, 2021 |
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Objective: CNS germinoma, being marker-negative, are diagnosed by surgical biopsy. Here we evaluate the perioperative status and postoperative complications of patients with pineal germinoma who underwent a primary biopsy or resection, treated according to SIOP CNS GCT 96.
Methods: 235 patients with histologically confirmed germinoma were registered, of which 113 were pineal: 55 were biopsied and 58 underwent primary resection. Initial symptoms, tumour size, complications and neurological status were assessed. 111 patients were evaluable.
Results: Pure germinoma was present in 101 patients; 10 had additional teratoma components. The main clinical symptoms at diagnosis were headache (n=98), hydrocephalus (n=93), double vision (n=62), Parinaud syndrome (n=57) and papilloedema (n=44). Tumour size was documented in 81 patients (<2cm, n=14; 2-3cm, n=35; ≥3cm, n=32). 17 patients underwent primary total resection, 14 subtotal resection >50%, 26 subtotal resection <50%, 39 stereotactic biopsy, 11 endoscopic biopsy, 2 open biopsy and 2 not documented. The postoperative neurological status after resection was improved in 23 patients, unchanged in 27, deteriorated in 6 and not documented in one. Clinical status after biopsy improved in 26 patients, was unchanged in 15, deteriorated in 2 and not documented in 11. Postoperatively, 16/57 patients after resection and 5/54 after biopsy developed complications (Parinaud syndrome, double vision and hydrocephalus).
Conclusion: Although surgical techniques have improved within recent decades, these results support the practice of biopsy over resection for histological confirmation of germinoma arising at the pineal site.
