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Epilepsia ; 65(1): 46-56, 2024 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37347512

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OBJECTIVES: Although hemispheric surgeries are among the most effective procedures for drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) in the pediatric population, there is a large variability in seizure outcomes at the group level. A recently developed HOPS score provides individualized estimation of likelihood of seizure freedom to complement clinical judgement. The objective of this study was to develop a freely accessible online calculator that accurately predicts the probability of seizure freedom for any patient at 1-, 2-, and 5-years post-hemispherectomy. METHODS: Retrospective data of all pediatric patients with DRE and seizure outcome data from the original Hemispherectomy Outcome Prediction Scale (HOPS) study were included. The primary outcome of interest was time-to-seizure recurrence. A multivariate Cox proportional-hazards regression model was developed to predict the likelihood of post-hemispheric surgery seizure freedom at three time points (1-, 2- and 5- years) based on a combination of variables identified by clinical judgment and inferential statistics predictive of the primary outcome. The final model from this study was encoded in a publicly accessible online calculator on the International Network for Epilepsy Surgery and Treatment (iNEST) website (https://hops-calculator.com/). RESULTS: The selected variables for inclusion in the final model included the five original HOPS variables (age at seizure onset, etiologic substrate, seizure semiology, prior non-hemispheric resective surgery, and contralateral fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography [FDG-PET] hypometabolism) and three additional variables (age at surgery, history of infantile spasms, and magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] lesion). Predictors of shorter time-to-seizure recurrence included younger age at seizure onset, prior resective surgery, generalized seizure semiology, FDG-PET hypometabolism contralateral to the side of surgery, contralateral MRI lesion, non-lesional MRI, non-stroke etiologies, and a history of infantile spasms. The area under the curve (AUC) of the final model was 73.0%. SIGNIFICANCE: Online calculators are useful, cost-free tools that can assist physicians in risk estimation and inform joint decision-making processes with patients and families, potentially leading to greater satisfaction. Although the HOPS data was validated in the original analysis, the authors encourage external validation of this new calculator.


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Epilepsia Refractaria , Epilepsia , Hemisferectomía , Espasmos Infantiles , Niño , Humanos , Hemisferectomía/métodos , Espasmos Infantiles/cirugía , Estudios Retrospectivos , Fluorodesoxiglucosa F18 , Resultado del Tratamiento , Epilepsia/diagnóstico por imagen , Epilepsia/cirugía , Convulsiones/diagnóstico , Convulsiones/etiología , Convulsiones/cirugía , Epilepsia Refractaria/diagnóstico por imagen , Epilepsia Refractaria/cirugía , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Electroencefalografía
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Childs Nerv Syst ; 40(4): 979-986, 2024 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37995013

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BACKGROUND: Extradural malignant rhabdoid tumors of the spine are highly malignant and invasive tumors (WHO grade IV) with poor prognosis, most frequently occurring in young children before 2 years of age. Pain and motor deficit are the most common presenting signs. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a case of a 2-year-old girl presenting with axial ataxia and paraparesis related to an extradural malignant rhabdoid tumor causing posterior thoracic spinal cord compression (D3-D6). She underwent two near-total removal of the tumor, adjuvant chemotherapy according to the Eu-Rhab protocol and proton beam therapy. She then developed multiple cranial nerve paresis (meningeal carcinomatosis) after 4 cycles of chemotherapy and died at 4.32 months of follow-up. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The role of the PET scan was essential to guide us to remove a residue, while two concomitant spinal MRIs were considered negative. We reviewed the 16 cases reported in the literature. Multiple surgeries and radiotherapy seem to be correlated with longer survival. No child younger than 2 years old had a documented survival higher than 4.32 months.


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Tumor Rabdoide , Compresión de la Médula Espinal , Femenino , Humanos , Preescolar , Tumor Rabdoide/diagnóstico , Vértebras Torácicas , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética/efectos adversos , Compresión de la Médula Espinal/etiología
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Childs Nerv Syst ; 40(6): 1943-1947, 2024 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38374472

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BACKGROUND: Chiari malformation type 1 (CM1) is a congenital hindbrain malformation characterized by herniation of the cerebellar tonsils below the foramen magnum. The term Chiari type 1.5 is used when herniation of the brainstem under the McRae line and anomalies of the craniovertebral junction are also present. These conditions are associated with several symptoms and signs, including headache, neck pain, and spinal cord syndrome. For symptomatic patients, surgical decompression is recommended. When radiographic indicators of craniovertebral junction (CVJ) instability or symptoms related to ventral brainstem compression are present, CVJ fixation should also be considered. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report the case of a 13-year-old girl who presented with severe tetraparesis after posterior decompression for Chiari malformation type 1.5, followed 5 days later by partial C2 laminectomy. Several months after the initial surgery, she underwent two fixations, first without and then with intraoperative cervical traction, leading to significant neurological improvement. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: This case report underscores the importance of meticulous radiological analysis before CM surgery. For CM 1.5 patients with basilar invagination, CVJ fixation is recommended, and C2 laminectomy should be avoided. In the event of significant clinical deterioration due to nonadherence to these guidelines, our findings highlight the importance of traction with increased extension before fixation, even years after initial destabilizing surgery.


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Malformación de Arnold-Chiari , Descompresión Quirúrgica , Cuadriplejía , Tracción , Humanos , Femenino , Malformación de Arnold-Chiari/cirugía , Malformación de Arnold-Chiari/complicaciones , Malformación de Arnold-Chiari/diagnóstico por imagen , Adolescente , Descompresión Quirúrgica/métodos , Descompresión Quirúrgica/efectos adversos , Cuadriplejía/etiología , Cuadriplejía/cirugía , Tracción/efectos adversos , Tracción/métodos , Resultado del Tratamiento
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Epilepsy Behav ; 143: 109229, 2023 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37148703

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OBJECTIVE: During the presurgical evaluation, manual electrical source imaging (ESI) provides clinically useful information in one-third of the patients but it is time-consuming and requires specific expertise. This prospective study aims to assess the clinical added value of a fully automated ESI analysis in a cohort of patients with MRI-negative epilepsy and describe its diagnostic performance, by evaluating sublobar concordance with stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG) results and surgical resection and outcome. METHODS: All consecutive patients referred to the Center for Refractory Epilepsy (CRE) of St-Luc University Hospital (Brussels, Belgium) for presurgical evaluation between 15/01/2019 and 31/12/2020 meeting the inclusion criteria, were recruited to the study. Interictal ESI was realized on low-density long-term EEG monitoring (LD-ESI) and, whenever available, high-density EEG (HD-ESI), using a fully automated analysis (Epilog PreOp, Epilog NV, Ghent, Belgium). The multidisciplinary team (MDT) was asked to formulate hypotheses about the epileptogenic zone (EZ) location at sublobar level and make a decision on further management for each patient at two distinct moments: i) blinded to ESI and ii) after the presentation and clinical interpretation of ESI. Results leading to a change in clinical management were considered contributive. Patients were followed up to assess whether these changes lead to concordant results on stereo-EEG (SEEG) or successful epilepsy surgery. RESULTS: Data from all included 29 patients were analyzed. ESI led to a change in the management plan in 12/29 patients (41%). In 9/12 (75%), modifications were related to a change in the plan of the invasive recording. In 8/9 patients, invasive recording was performed. In 6/8 (75%), the intracranial EEG recording confirmed the localization of the ESI at a sublobar level. So far, 5/12 patients, for whom the management plan was changed after ESI, were operated on and have at least one-year postoperative follow-up. In all cases, the EZ identified by ESI was included in the resection zone. Among these patients, 4/5 (80%) are seizure-free (ILAE 1) and one patient experienced a seizure reduction of more than 50% (ILAE 4). CONCLUSIONS: In this single-center prospective study, we demonstrated the added value of automated ESI in the presurgical evaluation of MRI-negative cases, especially in helping to plan the implantation of depth electrodes for SEEG, provided that ESI results are integrated into the whole multimodal evaluation and clinically interpreted.


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Epilepsia Refractaria , Epilepsia , Humanos , Estudios Prospectivos , Epilepsia/diagnóstico por imagen , Epilepsia/cirugía , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética/métodos , Electroencefalografía/métodos , Electrocorticografía , Epilepsia Refractaria/diagnóstico por imagen , Epilepsia Refractaria/cirugía
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Acta Neurochir (Wien) ; 165(4): 1075-1085, 2023 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36920664

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BACKG ROUND: Glioblastoma is an aggressive tumor that has a dismal prognosis even with multimodal treatment. However, some patients survive longer than expected. The objective of this study was to revisit patients diagnosed with glioblastoma according to the 2021 WHO classification and analyze clinical and molecular characteristics associated with long-term survival (LTS). METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 120 IDH-wildtype glioblastomas operated on at our institution between 2013 and 2018. We divided them into LTS patients, surviving more than 3 years, and non-LTS patients, and then compared their features. Additionally, we performed DNA methylation-based brain tumor classification in LTS patients. RESULTS: Sixteen patients were long-term survivors. Age < 70 years, MGMT promoter methylation, extent of resection ≥ 95%, and administration of radiochemotherapy were associated with LTS (P = 0.005, P < 0.001, P = 0.048, and P = 0.008, respectively). In addition, when these factors were combined, the probability of LTS was 74% (95% CI: 62--84). The methylome analysis confirmed the diagnosis of glioblastoma in the majority of the tested LTS patients. Regarding subtypes, 29% of cases were mesenchymal (MES), 43% were RTK1, and 29% were RTK2. Interestingly, RTK1 and RTK2 cases tended to have longer overall survival than MES cases (P = 0.057). Moreover, the only tested LTS patient with an unmethylated MGMT promoter had an "adult-type diffuse high-grade glioma, IDH-wildtype, subtype E" rather than a glioblastoma. This tumor was characterized by multinucleated giant cells and a somatic mutation in POLE. CONCLUSIONS: We suggest that glioblastoma patients with a combination of favorable prognostic factors can achieve LTS in 74% of cases. In addition, methylome analysis is important to ascertain the type of glioma in LTS patients, especially when the MGMT promoter is unmethylated.


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Neoplasias Encefálicas , Glioblastoma , Glioma , Adulto , Humanos , Anciano , Glioblastoma/terapia , Glioblastoma/tratamiento farmacológico , Estudios Retrospectivos , Glioma/genética , Pronóstico , Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética , Neoplasias Encefálicas/terapia , Neoplasias Encefálicas/patología , Metilación de ADN/genética , Isocitrato Deshidrogenasa/genética , Metilasas de Modificación del ADN/genética , Enzimas Reparadoras del ADN/genética
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Acta Neurochir (Wien) ; 164(9): 2279-2286, 2022 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35841433

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BACKGROUND: The efficacy of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation for Parkinson's disease has been widely established. The microlesion effect (MLE) due to deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrode implantation has been reputed to be a good predictor for long-term efficacy of the procedure but its analysis in asleep implantation is still unclear. We thus analyzed MLE rate in our strategy of targeting the STN on MRI under general anesthesia and its correlation with our long-term results. METHOD: We retrospectively analyzed 32 consecutive parkinsonian patients implanted with a DBS targeting the STN bilaterally under general anesthesia between October 2013 and December 2020. Targeting was performed after head frame and localizer placement using a stereotactic peroperative robotic 3D fluoroscopy (Artis Zeego, Siemens) fused with preoperative CT and MRI data. We collected intraoperative data, postoperative occurrence of MLE, modification of Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale item III (UPDRS III) postoperatively and at subsequent visit, as well as reduction of medication. RESULTS: The mean operative time was 223 min. No permanent complication occurred. MLE was observed in 90.7%. The mean follow-up time was 17 months. The UPDRS III for the off medication/on stimulation condition improved by 64.8% from baseline. The mean dose reduction of Prolopa after the surgical procedure was 31.3%. CONCLUSIONS: Direct targeting of STN under general anesthesia based on preoperative CT and MRI data fused with a preoperative 3D fluoroscopy is safe. It allows for a high rate of postoperative MLE (90.7%) and results in prolonged clinical improvement.


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Estimulación Encefálica Profunda , Enfermedad de Parkinson , Núcleo Subtalámico , Anestesia General , Estimulación Encefálica Profunda/métodos , Humanos , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Enfermedad de Parkinson/tratamiento farmacológico , Enfermedad de Parkinson/terapia , Estudios Retrospectivos , Núcleo Subtalámico/diagnóstico por imagen , Núcleo Subtalámico/cirugía , Resultado del Tratamiento
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Neuroophthalmology ; 46(3): 171-177, 2022.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35574162

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Two cases of optic neuropathy due to superficial siderosis (SS) are reported in two patients, aged 29 and 38 years, operated for intracranial neoplasms, the first one with a desmoplasic infantile ganglioglioma excised in 1991, and the other one with a pilocytic astrocytoma, operated on in 1997, 1998 and 2016. Both patients presented with progressive loss of visual acuity, as a result of bilateral optic nerve atrophy, as well as unsteadiness, ataxic gait and hearing loss. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain and spine, including gradient echo (GRE) T2-weighted acquisitions, revealed thin optic nerves and strong hypointensity with susceptibility artefacts corresponding to haemosiderin deposits within the meningeal layers of the spine, the infra- and supratentorial spaces of the brain and the peri-optic sheaths in both patients. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was macroscopically haemorrhagic in one patient, who underwent a dynamic myelography, which failed to reveal any trans-dural CSF leakage. Neuro-ophthalmological symptoms due to SS, such as visual acuity loss, have been scarcely reported. MRI using GRE T2-weighted sequences highlighting the presence of haemosiderin deposits plays a key role in the diagnosis of this condition. Treatment should aim at preventing haemosiderin deposition by treating the cause of the subarachnoid bleeding.

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Epilepsia ; 62(11): 2707-2718, 2021 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34510448

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OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to determine whether the vertical parasagittal approach or the lateral peri-insular/peri-Sylvian approach to hemispheric surgery is the superior technique in achieving long-term seizure freedom. METHODS: We conducted a post hoc subgroup analysis of the HOPS (Hemispheric Surgery Outcome Prediction Scale) study, an international, multicenter, retrospective cohort study that identified predictors of seizure freedom through logistic regression modeling. Only patients undergoing vertical parasagittal, lateral peri-insular/peri-Sylvian, or lateral trans-Sylvian hemispherotomy were included in this post hoc analysis. Differences in seizure freedom rates were assessed using a time-to-event method and calculated using the Kaplan-Meier survival method. RESULTS: Data for 672 participants across 23 centers were collected on the specific hemispherotomy approach. Of these, 72 (10.7%) underwent vertical parasagittal hemispherotomy and 600 (89.3%) underwent lateral peri-insular/peri-Sylvian or trans-Sylvian hemispherotomy. Seizure freedom was obtained in 62.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 53.5%-70.2%) of the entire cohort at 10-year follow-up. Seizure freedom was 88.8% (95% CI = 78.9%-94.3%) at 1-year follow-up and persisted at 85.5% (95% CI = 74.7%-92.0%) across 5- and 10-year follow-up in the vertical subgroup. In contrast, seizure freedom decreased from 89.2% (95% CI = 86.3%-91.5%) at 1-year to 72.1% (95% CI = 66.9%-76.7%) at 5-year to 57.2% (95% CI = 46.6%-66.4%) at 10-year follow-up for the lateral subgroup. Log-rank test found that vertical hemispherotomy was associated with durable seizure-free progression compared to the lateral approach (p = .01). Patients undergoing the lateral hemispherotomy technique had a shorter time-to-seizure recurrence (hazard ratio = 2.56, 95% CI = 1.08-6.04, p = .03) and increased seizure recurrence odds (odds ratio = 3.67, 95% CI = 1.05-12.86, p = .04) compared to those undergoing the vertical hemispherotomy technique. SIGNIFICANCE: This pilot study demonstrated more durable seizure freedom of the vertical technique compared to lateral hemispherotomy techniques. Further studies, such as prospective expertise-based observational studies or a randomized clinical trial, are required to determine whether a vertical approach to hemispheric surgery provides superior long-term seizure outcomes.


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Epilepsia Refractaria , Epilepsia , Hemisferectomía , Niño , Epilepsia Refractaria/cirugía , Epilepsia/cirugía , Hemisferectomía/métodos , Humanos , Proyectos Piloto , Estudios Prospectivos , Estudios Retrospectivos , Convulsiones/cirugía , Resultado del Tratamiento
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Neuromodulation ; 23(5): 620-625, 2020 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32267989

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INTRODUCTION: In the PROMISE study, a multinational randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) with multicolumn surgical leads as a treatment of low back pain, clinicians followed their usual practice. An early, unplanned safety analysis revealed that the infection rate in Belgium (5/23), where trial duration was a median 21.5 days, was significantly higher than the 1/64 rate observed in the other study countries (median 5.8 days, p < 0.01). This report reviews infections observed in the PROMISE study after study completion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: For all infections related to SCS, we used descriptive statistics and tests of independent variables to analyze potentially contributing factors (age, sex, coexisting medical conditions, tobacco use, lead type, and trial duration) between subjects with infections versus those without. Cumulative incidence curves were created using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared between the two strata using a log-rank test. RESULTS: Among nine (5.2%) infections in 174 subjects trialed, the only significant contributing factor to infection was trial duration: median 21 days (range 3-56) for those with infection vs. six days (1-41) for those without (p = 0.001; Wilcoxon rank-sum test). The cumulative incidence of infection for subjects trialed >10 days was 24.1% vs. 1.4% for subjects trialed ≤10 days (p < 0.001). After the protocol was amended to limit trial duration to 10 days, 14 infection-free trials were performed in Belgium. CONCLUSIONS: Although not part of the preplanned analysis, our observation supports the hypothesis of a cause-effect relationship between trial duration and the risk of infection and the conclusion that prolonged SCS trials should be avoided.


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Síndrome de Fracaso de la Cirugía Espinal Lumbar , Dolor de la Región Lumbar , Complicaciones Posoperatorias , Estimulación de la Médula Espinal , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Dimensión del Dolor , Médula Espinal , Estimulación de la Médula Espinal/efectos adversos
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Neuroimage ; 188: 70-83, 2019 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30529399

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The human insula is an important target for spinothalamic input, but there is still no consensus on its role in pain perception and nociception. In this study, we show that the human insula exhibits activity preferential for sustained thermonociception. Using intracerebral EEG recorded from the insula of 8 patients (2 females) undergoing a presurgical evaluation of focal epilepsy (53 contacts: 27 anterior, 26 posterior), we "frequency-tagged" the insular activity elicited by sustained thermonociceptive and vibrotactile stimuli, by periodically modulating stimulation intensity at a fixed frequency of 0.2 Hz during 75 s. Both types of stimuli elicited an insular response at the frequency of stimulation (0.2 Hz) and its harmonics, whose magnitude was significantly greater in the posterior insula compared to the anterior insula. Compared to vibrotactile stimulation, thermonociceptive stimulation exerted a markedly greater 0.2 Hz modulation of ongoing theta-band (4-8 Hz) and alpha-band (8-12 Hz) oscillations. These modulations were also more prominent in the posterior insula compared to the anterior insula. The identification of oscillatory activities preferential for thermonociception could lead to new insights into the physiological mechanisms of nociception and pain perception in humans.


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Corteza Cerebral/fisiología , Nocicepción/fisiología , Adulto , Electroencefalografía , Femenino , Calor , Humanos , Masculino , Estimulación Física , Vibración
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PLoS Biol ; 14(1): e1002345, 2016 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26734726

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The insula, particularly its posterior portion, is often regarded as a primary cortex for pain. However, this interpretation is largely based on reverse inference, and a specific involvement of the insula in pain has never been demonstrated. Taking advantage of the high spatiotemporal resolution of direct intracerebral recordings, we investigated whether the human insula exhibits local field potentials (LFPs) specific for pain. Forty-seven insular sites were investigated. Participants received brief stimuli belonging to four different modalities (nociceptive, vibrotactile, auditory, and visual). Both nociceptive stimuli and non-nociceptive vibrotactile, auditory, and visual stimuli elicited consistent LFPs in the posterior and anterior insula, with matching spatial distributions. Furthermore, a blind source separation procedure showed that nociceptive LFPs are largely explained by multimodal neural activity also contributing to non-nociceptive LFPs. By revealing that LFPs elicited by nociceptive stimuli reflect activity unrelated to nociception and pain, our results confute the widespread assumption that these brain responses are a signature for pain perception and its modulation.


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Corteza Cerebral/fisiología , Potenciales Evocados , Nocicepción , Adulto , Electroencefalografía , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Adulto Joven
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Cereb Cortex ; 28(10): 3650-3664, 2018 10 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29028955

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Transient nociceptive stimuli elicit robust phase-locked local field potentials (LFPs) in the human insula. However, these responses are not preferential for nociception, as they are also elicited by transient non-nociceptive vibrotactile, auditory, and visual stimuli. Here, we investigated whether another feature of insular activity, namely gamma-band oscillations (GBOs), is preferentially observed in response to nociceptive stimuli. Although nociception-evoked GBOs have never been explored in the insula, previous scalp electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography studies suggest that nociceptive stimuli elicit GBOs in other areas such as the primary somatosensory and prefrontal cortices, and that this activity could be closely related to pain perception. Furthermore, tracing studies showed that the insula is a primary target of spinothalamic input. Using depth electrodes implanted in 9 patients investigated for epilepsy, we acquired insular responses to brief thermonociceptive stimuli and similarly arousing non-nociceptive vibrotactile, auditory, and visual stimuli (59 insular sites). As compared with non-nociceptive stimuli, nociceptive stimuli elicited a markedly stronger enhancement of GBOs (150-300 ms poststimulus) at all insular sites, suggesting that this feature of insular activity is preferential for thermonociception. Although this activity was also present in temporal and frontal regions, its magnitude was significantly greater in the insula as compared with these other regions.


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Corteza Cerebral/fisiopatología , Ritmo Gamma , Nocicepción , Adulto , Percepción Auditiva , Mapeo Encefálico , Electrodos Implantados , Electroencefalografía , Potenciales Evocados/fisiología , Femenino , Frecuencia Cardíaca , Calor , Humanos , Magnetoencefalografía , Masculino , Percepción del Dolor , Tractos Espinotalámicos/fisiopatología , Tacto , Percepción Visual , Adulto Joven
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Neuroradiology ; 60(10): 1085-1087, 2018 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30090980

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Spinal intradural extramedullary cavernous hemangiomas are very rare. Mixed intensities on T1- andT2-weighted images due to repeated hemorrhages and poor to absent contrast-enhancement are the most common imaging features of the disease allowing accurate differentiation from the far more frequent meningiomas and schwannomas of similar location.


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Vértebras Cervicales/diagnóstico por imagen , Hemangioma Cavernoso/diagnóstico por imagen , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Neoplasias de la Columna Vertebral/diagnóstico por imagen , Anciano , Medios de Contraste , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Duramadre/diagnóstico por imagen , Femenino , Humanos
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Acta Neurochir (Wien) ; 160(1): 209-212, 2018 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29185056

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In the literature, less than ten cases of holocord intramedullary abscess in children have been described. A 15-month-old girl presented with flaccid paraplegia and dermal sinus in the sacral region. MRI highlighted an infected lumbar dermoid cyst. The child underwent surgery to remove the cyst and purulent collection. Five days after surgery, she developed upper limbs paresis. An MRI showed a holocord abscess. A catheter was inserted through a cervical myelotomy into the abscess for drainage with a good postoperative recovery. A rapid management, even for extended or recurrent intramedullary abscess, can prevent potential severe neurological dysfunctions.


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Absceso/cirugía , Quiste Dermoide/cirugía , Neoplasias de la Médula Espinal/cirugía , Absceso/etiología , Adolescente , Quiste Dermoide/complicaciones , Femenino , Humanos , Infecciones/complicaciones , Laminectomía , Neoplasias de la Médula Espinal/complicaciones
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Acta Neurochir (Wien) ; 158(9): 1783-8, 2016 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27405941

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BACKGROUND: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the sub-thalamic nucleus (STN) is a recognised treatment for advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). We present our results of 10 consecutive patients implanted under general anaesthesia (GA) using intraoperative robotic three-dimensional (3D) fluoroscopy (Artis Zeego; Siemens, Erlangen, Germany). METHOD: Ten patients (nine men, one woman) with a mean age of 57.6 (range, 41-67) years underwent surgery between October 2013 and January 2015. The mean duration of PD was 9.2 [1-10] year. The procedure was performed under GA: placement of the stereotactic frame, implantation of the electrodes (Lead 3389; Medtronic, Minnesota, MN, USA) and 3D intraoperative fluoroscopic control (Artis Zeego) with image fusion with the preoperative MRI scans. All patients were evaluated preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively. RESULTS: The mean operative time was 240.1 (185-325) min. The mean Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) II OFF medication decreased from 23.9 preoperatively to 15.7 postoperatively. The mean OFF medication UPDRS III decreased from 41 to 11.6 and the UPDRS IV decreased from 10.6 to 7. The mean preoperative and postoperative L-Dopa doses were 1,178.5 and 696.5 mg, respectively. Two complications were recorded: one episode of transient confusion (24 h) and one internal pulse generator (IPG) infection. CONCLUSIONS: With improvement in preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the ability to control the position of the leads intraoperatively using Artis Zeego, we now perform this procedure under GA. Our results are comparable to others reported. The significant decrease in the duration of surgery could be associated with a reduced rate of complications (infection, loss of patient collaboration). However, this observation needs to be confirmed.


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Estimulación Encefálica Profunda/métodos , Monitoreo Intraoperatorio/métodos , Procedimientos Neuroquirúrgicos/métodos , Evaluación de Procesos y Resultados en Atención de Salud , Enfermedad de Parkinson/terapia , Núcleo Subtalámico , Adulto , Anciano , Anestesia General , Electrodos Implantados , Femenino , Fluoroscopía , Humanos , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Monitoreo Intraoperatorio/instrumentación , Procedimientos Neuroquirúrgicos/instrumentación
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Pituitary ; 18(5): 738-44, 2015 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25183169

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INTRODUCTION: Pituitary gangliocytomas are uncommon neuronal tumours that may present with endocrine disorders, the most frequent being acromegaly caused by growth hormone hypersecretion. Cushing's syndrome is very rarely seen with gangliocytomas. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We report the unique case of a 62 year-old woman whose clinical picture and endocrine testing clearly demonstrated adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)-dependent Cushing's syndrome. Pituitary magnetic resonance imaging showed a 12-mm homogeneous, infra- and retrosellar mass first diagnosed as pituitary macroadenoma. Transsphenoidal surgery was performed and allowed complete resection of the tumour with sparing of normal anterior pituitary. Very low postoperative serum cortisol and ACTH levels were observed in the early postoperative period and the patient is still in remission 18 months after surgery, thus demonstrating that the resected lesion was entirely responsible for the clinical picture. RESULTS: Histological and immunocytochemical analyses demonstrated a benign tumour composed of mature neuronal cells suggestive of a gangliocytoma, expressing both ACTH and corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH). The tumour was surrounded by a rim of pituitary tissue containing ACTH-producing endocrine cells. Careful analysis of the resected lesion did not reveal any pituitary microadenoma. We search literature for similar cases and retraced only nine cases of gangliocytomas associated with Cushing's syndrome. In most of them, the tumour was combined with either pituitary corticotroph adenoma or hyperplasia. CONCLUSIONS: Our case represents a unique case of an infrasellar pituitary gangliocytoma which was able to cause Cushing's syndrome by both direct ACTH production and CRH-induced stimulation of neighbour normal corticotroph cells.


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Síndrome de Cushing/etiología , Ganglioneuroma/complicaciones , Neoplasias Hipofisarias/complicaciones , Hormona Adrenocorticotrópica/sangre , Hormona Adrenocorticotrópica/metabolismo , Biopsia , Hormona Liberadora de Corticotropina/sangre , Hormona Liberadora de Corticotropina/metabolismo , Síndrome de Cushing/sangre , Síndrome de Cushing/diagnóstico , Femenino , Ganglioneuroma/sangre , Ganglioneuroma/diagnóstico , Ganglioneuroma/metabolismo , Ganglioneuroma/cirugía , Humanos , Hipofisectomía , Inmunohistoquímica , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Persona de Mediana Edad , Neoplasias Hipofisarias/sangre , Neoplasias Hipofisarias/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Hipofisarias/metabolismo , Neoplasias Hipofisarias/cirugía , Resultado del Tratamiento , Carga Tumoral
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Acta Neurochir (Wien) ; 157(3): 443-7, 2015 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25626428

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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a syndrome characterized by an increased intracranial pressure of unknown origin arising mainly in overweight females. The typical symptoms of IIH are headaches and papilledema associated with visual disorders, which can often evolve to blindness. We describe the first patient who developed a clinical syndrome related to an IIH following a bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedure for Parkinson's disease with the particularity that the clinical expression of the IIH syndrome was atypical because of the presence of intracerebral electrodes.


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Estimulación Encefálica Profunda/efectos adversos , Enfermedad de Parkinson/terapia , Seudotumor Cerebral/etiología , Anciano , Humanos , Masculino
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Acta Neurochir (Wien) ; 156(12): 2289-94, 2014 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25257135

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BACKGROUND: Motor cortex stimulation (MCS) is considered to be an effective treatment in some types of chronic refractory neuropathic pain. The aim of this study is to evaluate and confirm the feasibility, efficacy and security of our surgical technique for subdural motor cortex stimulation (SD MCS) on 18 consecutive cases with follow-up of at least 3 years. METHODS: Our population consists of 18 consecutive patients (12 male) between 2000 and 2010, with a mean age of 63 years (11-91). The mean follow-up was 86 months (20-140 months). We identified the central sulcus by using classical anatomic landmarks and neuronavigation (BrainLab system; BrainLAB, Inc., Redwood City, CA). An elongated craniotomy (3 cm in length, 1 cm in width) was performed followed by linear opening of the dura mater. An eight-polar plate electrode (Specify Lead, 3998; Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN) was then slipped smoothly through this linear opening. In patients with interhemispheric electrodes (patients 2 and 17), we performed a parasagittal craniotomy of 4 cm length and 2 cm width. RESULTS: At last follow-up assessment, 14 patients had a favourable outcome (77.7 %): 10 patients with excellent relief of pain (>80 %), 1 with good relief of pain (60-80 %) and 3 with satisfactory relief of pain (50-60 %). Four patients showed bad results (<50 %). We did not observe any late complications specific to SD MCS. CONCLUSION: We report an efficacy at least as good as ED MCS, with no complications specific to SD MCS, even with prolonged follow-up. The data are insufficient to actually prove a lower energy use in SD MCS.


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Estimulación Encefálica Profunda/métodos , Corteza Motora/cirugía , Neuralgia/cirugía , Espacio Subdural/cirugía , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Estimulación Encefálica Profunda/efectos adversos , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Neuronavegación , Resultado del Tratamiento
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Clin Neurophysiol ; 165: 107-116, 2024 Jun 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38996612

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OBJECTIVE: Parkinson's disease (PD) patients exhibit changes in mechanisms underlying movement preparation, particularly the suppression of corticospinal excitability - termed "preparatory suppression" - which is thought to facilitate movement execution in healthy individuals. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) being an attractive treatment for advanced PD, we aimed to study the potential contribution of this nucleus to PD-related changes in such corticospinal dynamics. METHODS: On two consecutive days, we applied single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation to the primary motor cortex of 20 advanced PD patients treated with bilateral STN-DBS (ON vs. OFF), as well as 20 healthy control subjects. Motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) were elicited at rest or during movement preparation in an instructed-delay choice reaction time task including left- or right-hand responses. Preparatory suppression was assessed by expressing MEPs during movement preparation relative to rest. RESULTS: PD patients exhibited a deficit in preparatory suppression when it was probed on the responding hand side, particularly when this corresponded to their most-affected hand, regardless of their STN-DBS status. CONCLUSIONS: Advanced PD patients displayed a reduction in preparatory suppression which was not restored by STN-DBS. SIGNIFICANCE: The current findings confirm that PD patients lack preparatory suppression, as previously reported. Yet, the fact that this deficit was not responsive to STN-DBS calls for future studies on the neural source of this regulatory mechanism during movement preparation.

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Front Oncol ; 14: 1359652, 2024.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38454929

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Background: Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive primary brain tumors, with a poor outcome despite multimodal treatment. Methylation of the MGMT promoter, which predicts the response to temozolomide, is a well-established prognostic marker for glioblastoma. However, a difference in survival can still be detected within the MGMT methylated group, with some patients exhibiting a shorter survival than others, emphasizing the need for additional predictive factors. Methods: We analyzed DIAPH3 expression in glioblastoma samples from the cancer genome atlas (TCGA). We also retrospectively analyzed one hundred seventeen histological glioblastomas from patients operated on at Saint-Luc University Hospital between May 2013 and August 2019. We analyzed the DIAPH3 expression, explored the relationship between mRNA levels and Patient's survival after the surgical resection. Finally, we assessed the methylation pattern of the DIAPH3 promoter using a targeted deep bisulfite sequencing approach. Results: We found that 36% and 1% of the TCGA glioblastoma samples exhibit copy number alterations and mutations in DIAPH3, respectively. We scrutinized the expression of DIAPH3 at single cell level and detected an overlap with MKI67 expression in glioblastoma proliferating cells, including neural progenitor-like, oligodendrocyte progenitor-like and astrocyte-like states. We quantitatively analyzed DIAPH3 expression in our cohort and uncovered a positive correlation between DIAPH3 mRNA level and patient's survival. The effect of DIAPH3 was prominent in MGMT-methylated glioblastoma. Finally, we report that the expression of DIAPH3 is at least partially regulated by the methylation of three CpG sites in the promoter region. Conclusion: We propose that combining the DIAPH3 expression with MGMT methylation could offer a better prediction of survival and more adapted postsurgical treatment for patients with MGMT-methylated glioblastoma.

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