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Genomic profiling of sporadic multiple meningiomas
Erson-Omay EZ, Vetsa S, Vasandani S, Barak T, Nadar A, Marianayagam NJ, Yalcin K, Miyagishima D, Aguilera SM, Robert S, Mishra-Gorur K, Fulbright RK, McGuone D, Günel M, Moliterno J. Genomic profiling of sporadic multiple meningiomas. BMC Medical Genomics 2022, 15: 112. PMID: 35568945, PMCID: PMC9107270, DOI: 10.1186/s12920-022-01258-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGrade IComprehensive next-generation sequencingMonoclonal originClinical management strategiesPrior radiation exposureRelevant clinical dataMajority of tumorsInter-tumoral heterogeneitySurgical resectionClinical behaviorGrade IIClinical dataFamily historyMultiple meningiomasGrade I.Same patientMonoclonal expansionPatientsClonal formationBilateral meningiomasMeningiomasIndividual tumorsTumorsPatient behavesGenomic profiling
2023
Clinical 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
2022
Spectrum of qualitative and quantitative imaging of pilomyxoid, intermediate pilomyxoid and pilocytic astrocytomas in relation to their genetic alterations
Fadel SA, von Reppert M, Kazarian E, Omay EZE, Marks A, Linder N, Hoffmann KT, Darbinyan A, Huttner A, Aboian MS. Spectrum of qualitative and quantitative imaging of pilomyxoid, intermediate pilomyxoid and pilocytic astrocytomas in relation to their genetic alterations. Neuroradiology 2022, 65: 195-205. PMID: 35984480, DOI: 10.1007/s00234-022-03027-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPilocytic astrocytomaImaging characteristicsADC valuesAggressive imaging characteristicsSuprasellar pilocytic astrocytomaRecurrence/progressionPediatric brain tumorsFrontal white matterWhole-exome sequencingPilomyxoid astrocytomaIntraventricular extensionSuprasellar regionThird ventriclePosterior fossaAtypical locationBrain tumorsWhite matterGrade 1TumorsAstrocytomasDriver mutationsExome sequencingGenetic alterationsPatientsHippocampus
2021
PIK3CA mutation in a case of CTNNB1 mutant sinonasal glomangiopericytoma
Hong C, Khan M, Sukys J, Prasad M, Erson-Omay EZ, Vining E, Omay SB. PIK3CA mutation in a case of CTNNB1 mutant sinonasal glomangiopericytoma. Molecular Case Studies 2021, 8: mcs.a006120. PMID: 34667073, PMCID: PMC8744496, DOI: 10.1101/mcs.a006120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCase of glomangiopericytomaWhole-exome sequencingInstitutional review board-approved protocolTargeted medical therapyUnderwent surgical resectionPI3K/Akt/mTORWnt/β-cateninAkt/mTORPrimary sinonasal tumorSurgical resectionClinicopathologic characteristicsMedical therapyRare tumorPIK3CA mutationsSinonasal tumorsGlomangiopericytomaTumorsΒ-cateninSomatic mutationsComprehensive genetic characterizationGenomic characterizationMutationsConcurrent dysregulationResectionSinonasalType of bony involvement predicts genomic subgroup in sphenoid wing meningiomas
Jin L, Youngblood MW, Gupte TP, Vetsa S, Nadar A, Barak T, Yalcin K, Aguilera SM, Mishra-Gorur K, Blondin NA, Gorelick E, Omay SB, Pointdujour-Lim R, Judson BL, Alperovich M, Aboian MS, McGuone D, Gunel M, Erson-Omay Z, Fulbright RK, Moliterno J. Type of bony involvement predicts genomic subgroup in sphenoid wing meningiomas. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2021, 154: 237-246. PMID: 34350560, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-021-03819-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpheno-orbital meningiomasSphenoid wing meningiomaBony involvementTRAF7 mutationsGenomic subgroupsPre-operative clinical featuresTumor invasionYale-New Haven HospitalAdditional clinical variablesSubset of tumorsPre-operative predictionWhole-exome sequencingBone involvementBone invasionClinical featuresClinical variablesGrade IIMolecular subtypesRecurrence patternsClinical implicationsHyperostosisExome sequencingMeningiomasTumorsGenomic driversMultiple meningiomas arising within the same hemisphere associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome
Hong CS, Erson-Omay EZ, Moliterno J. Multiple meningiomas arising within the same hemisphere associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Surgical Neurology International 2021, 12: 99. PMID: 33880204, PMCID: PMC8053471, DOI: 10.25259/sni_125_2019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLi-Fraumeni syndromeMultiple meningiomasWorld Health Organization grade ITime of presentationCommon intracranial tumorsWhole-exome sequencingGeneralized seizuresPatient populationMedical historyGrade IIntracranial tumorsMeningiomasSyndromeNovel presentationRight hemisphereHeterozygous deletionPatientsTumors