2023
The clinical and genomic features of seizures in meningiomas
Dincer A, Jalal M, Gupte T, Vetsa S, Vasandani S, Yalcin K, Marianayagam N, Blondin N, Corbin Z, McGuone D, Fulbright R, Erson-Omay Z, Günel M, Moliterno J. The clinical and genomic features of seizures in meningiomas. Neuro-Oncology Advances 2023, 5: i49-i57. PMID: 37287582, PMCID: PMC10243847, DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdac110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeritumoral brain edemaPostoperative seizuresBrain invasionSubtotal resectionBrain edemaLarge residual tumor volumeCentral nervous system tumorsCommon central nervous system tumorPersistent postoperative seizuresResidual tumor volumeHistory of seizuresHigh tumor gradeNervous system tumorsQuality of lifePreoperative seizuresAtypical histologyMost patientsSurgical resectionCortical hyperexcitabilityUncontrolled seizuresAggressive featuresSeizure activityEpileptogenic focusCortical irritationRisk factorsClinical and genomic differences in supratentorial versus infratentorial NF2 mutant meningiomas.
Tabor J, O'Brien J, Vasandani S, Vetsa S, Lei H, Jalal M, Marianayagam N, Jin L, Millares Chavez M, Haynes J, Dincer A, Yalcin K, Aguilera S, Omay S, Mishra-Gorur K, McGuone D, Morales-Valero S, Fulbright R, Gunel M, Erson-Omay E, Moliterno J. Clinical and genomic differences in supratentorial versus infratentorial NF2 mutant meningiomas. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2023, 139: 1648-1656. PMID: 37243548, DOI: 10.3171/2023.4.jns222929.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubtotal resectionSupratentorial tumorsElevated Ki-67High-risk featuresProgression-free survivalChromosome 1p deletionInfratentorial counterpartsInfratentorial tumorsPostoperative managementSomatic driver mutationsCerebral convexityGrade IIInfratentorial meningiomasKi-67Posterior fossaLoss of heterozygosityMeningiomasResectionTumorsWhole-exome sequencing dataDriver mutationsHigh gradeSignificant differencesExome sequencing dataSporadic meningiomas
2018
P04.60 Genomic profile of tumorigenesis in a patient with Turcot syndrome
Karschnia P, Erson-Omay E, Huttner A, Fulbright R, Günel M, Baehring J. P04.60 Genomic profile of tumorigenesis in a patient with Turcot syndrome. Neuro-Oncology 2018, 20: iii293-iii293. PMCID: PMC6143975, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noy139.294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole-exome sequencingEndometrial carcinomaTurcot syndromeBrain tumorsMicrosatellite instabilityMMR genesSecond hitSomatic missense mutationsMissense mutationsLeft frontal tumorPrimary brain tumorsPatient's brain tumorMismatch repair deficiencyMMR-deficient tumorsExpression of MSH6Heterozygous germline mutationsHeterozygous germline missense mutationRight hemiparesisSubtotal resectionUterine adenocarcinomaMetachronous tumorsFrontal tumorGermline missense mutationAbdominal tumorsFamily history