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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 194-196 |
Cerebellar liponeurocytoma: An updated follow-up of a case presenting histopathological and clinically aggressive features
Gallina Pasquale1, Buccoliero Anna Maria2, Pirillo Vania1, Pansini Gastone1, Di Lorenzo Nicola1
1 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
2 Department of Human Pathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
| Date of Acceptance | 06-Mar-2009 |
Correspondence Address:
Gallina Pasquale
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florence, CTO Hospital, 1, Largo P. Palagi 50139 - Florence
Italy
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.51294
Cerebellar liponeurocytoma is a rare tumor recently included by World Health Organization in the classification of brain tumors as a separate clinicopathological entity separate from medulloblastoma. However, because of the rarity of the tumor, the natural history of the tumor is still not yet been defined. We report a patient with cerebellar liponeurocytoma with unusual clinical and pathological aggressive features. This patient suggests the possible existence of different histological grades of liponeurocytoma and its possible progression to a malignant grade.
Keywords: Cerebellar liponeurocytoma, intraoperative radiation therapy, recurrence
How to cite this article:
Pasquale G, Maria BA, Vania P, Gastone P, Nicola DL. Cerebellar liponeurocytoma: An updated follow-up of a case presenting histopathological and clinically aggressive features. Neurol India 2009;57:194-6 |
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Pasquale G, Maria BA, Vania P, Gastone P, Nicola DL. Cerebellar liponeurocytoma: An updated follow-up of a case presenting histopathological and clinically aggressive features. Neurol India [serial online] 2009 [cited 2023 Dec 10];57:194-6. Available from: https://www.neurologyindia.com/text.asp?2009/57/2/194/51294 |
| » Introduction | |  |
Cerebellar liponeurocytoma is a distinct, newly identified, rare tumor and occurs in adults. It is a relatively benign lesion and can be classified as Grade I or Grade II tumor of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification.[1],[2] Gross total removal with possible additional External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT) is the treatment of choice.[3] Because of the rarity of the tumor, the natural history of cerebellar liponeurocytoma has not yet been defined and the benign nature of the tumor is being questioned.[4] We had documented this patient with cerebellar liponeurocytoma earlier. At that time he had the total removal of the tumor without additional therapy. [5] During the follow-up he had early recurrence with histological features of malignant progression. This prompted us to report the updated follow-up of the patient.
| » Case Report | | |
This 64-year-old male patient had undergone complete and uncomplicated surgical excision of a right cerebellar liponeurocytoma, via lateral sub-occipital craniotomy. [5] On histology the lesion showed occasional mitoses and a high proliferation rate (MIB-1 immunostaining: 15% in more positive areas) [6] [Figure 1]. No supplementary treatment was followed. At the six-monthly clinical checks, the patient was asymptomatic and annual magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed no evidence of contrast enhancement attributable to a tumor. Three and half years after the diagnosis of the initial lesion, follow-up MRI showed tumor recurrence. Patient had no neurological deficits. The patient underwent a second surgery. Reopening of the previous craniotomy allowed gross total resection of the lesion. As intraoperative histopathological examination of the specimen confirmed the diagnosis of liponeurocytoma recurrence, intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) was given, using a miniaturized X-ray device (Photon Radiosurgery System, PRS 400; Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany) and a radiation dose of 15.4 Gy was delivered to the tumor bed, at 5 mm depth from the surface of the surgical cavity, for 25 min. The post-treatment course was uneventful and the patient was discharged five days after the procedure. No additional therapy was suggested and only close follow-up examinations were scheduled. At four years follow-up from the second operation, the patient was asymptomatic and MRI showed no tumor recurrence.
Pathological findings
Similar to the lesion in the first presentation, the recurrence showed two different cellular components, poorly differentiated isomorphic small closely packed cells and mature adipocyte-like cells. [7] The small cells had round to oval hyperchromatic nuclei and small cytoplasms. Some lipid-laden cells were sparse while others were arranged in groups. The majority of them showed a single fat vacuole, while the rest showed several small vacuoles pressing the nuclei to the cell periphery. Homer-Wright rosettes and pseudorosettes were observed in the recurrence. Vascular hyperplasia and areas of micro-necrosis [Figure 2a] and micro-hemorrhage were more obvious in the recurrence with respect to the first presentation. Analogously, mitoses and proliferation index as evaluated by MIB-1 antibody, respectively increased from rare to 2-3 [Figure 2b] and from 15% to 20%. Areas of micro-necrosis, micro-hemorrhage and moderate vascular hyperplasia were observed in the relapse. Infiltrating neoplastic cells were visible in the perilesional tissue [Figure 3].
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Cerebellar liponeurocytoma, characteristically showing divergent glio-neuronal differentiation and lipidized neoplastic cells and having a much more benign clinical outcome than the more common medulloblastoma, has been considered an adult lipomatous variant of the medulloblastoma. [8],[9],[10] However, recent genetic studies have clarified that liponeurocytoma could be a distinct entity, unrelated to medulloblastoma. [11] Based on literature reviews, recurrence has been observed in 20-32% of patients, on an average, 10 years after surgery (range 8-12 years). [3],[12] Total resection is considered the optimal treatment, while additional EBRT is controversial. [3],[5],[12]
In 2003, Jenkinson [4] reported an unusual case of a cerebellar liponeurocytoma that presented a first recurrence 12 months after subtotal removal followed by EBRT of the first lesion, and a second recurrence three months after a second surgical removal. Despite the absence of atypical histological features in both the primary and the relapsed tumors, apart from leptomeningeal invasion, the unusually aggressive case described by Jenkinson suggested that cerebellar liponeurocytoma may not be as benign as previously thought. Based on this report, more aggressive therapeutic approaches with additional chemotherapy were considered. [13],[14],[15] Similar to Jenkinson's case, our patient experienced a rather early recurrence, despite the fact that postoperative MRI confirmed complete resection of the tumor. Differently from Jenkinson's case, our patient presented histopathological signs of an aggressive form of liponeurocytoma in both the first presentation and the recurrence (mitoses, pleomorphism, moderate endothelial proliferation and high proliferation rate). Based on these morphological findings, it was suggested by our group that the increased presence of mitosis and a MIB-1 cells positivity by over 10% of the total neoplastic cells, may indicate a malignant potential lesion. [16] Moreover, a few differences were observed between the recurrence and the primary lesion: Vascular hyperplasia, areas of micro-necrosis and micro-hemorrhage, mitoses, synaptic vesicles and MIB-1 positive neoplastic cells were more obvious in the recurrence with respect to the first lesion. These results indicate a malignant progression of the liponeurocytoma. [7],[17],[18]
Hence, the prognosis of cerebellar liponeurocytoma appears less predictable and its management more debatable, also considering the recent description of very exceptional supratentorial intraventricular cases.[19] Taking into account the expected favorable course of cerebellar liponeurocytoma and the lack of evidence for the usefulness of postoperative radiation therapy, EBRT was not delivered after the first surgery in this patient. In the presence of this unexpected and early recurrence, we performed a second surgery followed by IORT of the surgical cavity. At our institution, IORT is delivered using PRS, a miniature radiation source that emits low-energy X-ray photons. [17] Considering the histological features and the presence of infiltrating neoplastic cells into perilesional tissue, the aim of IORT was to increase local control, taking advantage of the radiobiological effect of the delivery, in a single session, of a high dose of radiation into the tumor bed. This would thereby eliminate residual tumor cells which are the hypothetical source of recurrence. EBRT was not given, reserving such an option for the possibility of further recurrence. Chemotherapy was not recommended due to the lack of convincing usefulness and in light of recent studies that showed liponeurocytoma as a distinct entity from medulloblastoma. [11] The follow-up in our case is too short a period and the natural history of cerebellar liponeurocytoma is too ambiguous for predictions on its clinical course. Close follow-up examinations were scheduled in order to detect any possible recurrence early on.
In conclusion, our case confirmed the existence of different grades of malignancy among liponeurocytomas. Large surgical resection is recommended. IORT may be an additional tool to increase local control and thus may prevent early recurrence.
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