Discriminating surgical bed cysts from bacterial brain abscesses after Carmustine wafer implantation in newly diagnosed IDH-wildtype glioblastomas

Alexandre Roux, Hichem Ammar, Alessandro Moiraghi, Sophie Peeters, Marwan Baroud, Gilles Zah-Bi, Joseph Benzakoun, Eduardo Parraga, Catherine Oppenheim, Chiara Benevello, Fabrice Chretien, Pascale Varlet, Frédéric Dhermain, Edouard Dezamis, Marc Zanello, Johan Pallud

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    Carmustine wafers can be implanted in the surgical bed of high-grade gliomas, which can induce surgical bed cyst formation, leading to clinically relevant mass effect. An observational retrospective monocentric study was conducted including 122 consecutive adult patients with a newly diagnosed supratentorial glioblastoma who underwent a surgical resection with Carmustine wafer implantation as first line treatment (2005–2018). Twenty-two patients (18.0%) developed a postoperative contrast-enhancing cyst within the surgical bed: 16 surgical bed cysts and six bacterial abscesses. All patients with a surgical bed cyst were managed conservatively, all resolved on imaging follow-up, and no patient stopped the radiochemotherapy. Independent risk factors of formation of a postoperative surgical bed cyst were age ≥ 60 years (p = 0.019), number of Carmustine wafers implanted ≥ 8 (p = 0.040), and partial resection (p = 0.025). Compared to surgical bed cysts, the occurrence of a postoperative bacterial abscess requiring surgical management was associated more frequently with a shorter time to diagnosis from surgery (p = 0.009), new neurological deficit (p < 0.001), fever (p < 0.001), residual air in the cyst (p = 0.018), a cyst diameter greater than that of the initial tumor (p = 0.027), and increased mass effect and brain edema compared to early postoperative MRI (p = 0.024). Contrast enhancement (p = 0.473) and diffusion signal abnormalities (p = 0.471) did not differ between postoperative bacterial abscesses and surgical bed cysts. Clinical and imaging findings help discriminate between surgical bed cysts and bacterial abscesses following Carmustine wafer implantation. Surgical bed cysts can be managed conservatively. Individual risk factors will help tailor their steroid therapy and imaging follow-up.

    langue originaleAnglais
    Pages (de - à)1501-1511
    Nombre de pages11
    journalNeurosurgical Review
    Volume45
    Numéro de publication2
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    étatPublié - 1 avr. 2022

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