Interhemispheric Transcingulate Sulcus Approach to Deep-Seated Medial Frontal and Parietal Lesions-Fiber Dissection Study With Illustrative Cases. 2023

Abuzer Gungor, and Muhammet Enes Gurses, and Eray Dogan, and Eyup Varol, and Elif Gökalp, and Mustafa Umut Etli, and Baris Ozoner
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Health Sciences, Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey.

Surgery for lesions located in the medial frontal and parietal lobes can be quite challenging for neurosurgeons because of morbidities that may arise from damage to critical midline structures or intact neural tissue that need to be crossed to reach the lesion. In our anatomic studies, the cingulate sulcus was observed as an alternative access route for lesions located in medial frontal and parietal lobes. To explain the microsurgical anatomy of the medial hemisphere and cingulate sulcus and to demonstrate the interhemispheric transcingulate sulcus approach (ITCSA) with 3 clinical cases. Five formalin-fixed brain specimens, which were frozen at -18 °C for at least 2 weeks and then thawed under tap water, were gradually dissected from medial to lateral. Diffusion fiber tracking performed using DSI Studio software in data was provided by the Human Connectome Project. Clinical data of 3 patients who underwent ITCSA were reviewed. Cingulate sulcus is an effortlessly identifiable continuous sulcus on the medial surface of the brain. Our anatomic dissection study revealed that the lesions located in the deep medial frontal and parietal lobes can be reached through the cingulate sulcus with minor injury only to the cingulum and callosal fibers. Three patients were treated with ITCSA without any neurological morbidity. Deep-seated lesions in the medial frontal lobe and parietal lobe medial to the corona radiata can be approached by using microsurgical techniques based on anatomic information. ITCSA offers an alternative route to these lesions besides the known lateral transcortical/transsulcal and interhemispheric transcingulate gyrus approaches.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010296 Parietal Lobe Upper central part of the cerebral hemisphere. It is located posterior to central sulcus, anterior to the OCCIPITAL LOBE, and superior to the TEMPORAL LOBES. Brodmann Area 39,Brodmann Area 40,Brodmann Area 5,Brodmann Area 7,Brodmann's Area 39,Brodmann's Area 40,Brodmann's Area 5,Brodmann's Area 7,Inferior Parietal Cortex,Secondary Sensorimotor Cortex,Superior Parietal Lobule,Angular Gyrus,Gyrus Angularis,Gyrus Supramarginalis,Intraparietal Sulcus,Marginal Sulcus,Parietal Cortex,Parietal Lobule,Parietal Region,Posterior Paracentral Lobule,Posterior Parietal Cortex,Praecuneus,Precuneus,Precuneus Cortex,Prelunate Gyrus,Supramarginal Gyrus,Area 39, Brodmann,Area 39, Brodmann's,Area 40, Brodmann,Area 40, Brodmann's,Area 5, Brodmann,Area 5, Brodmann's,Area 7, Brodmann,Area 7, Brodmann's,Brodmanns Area 39,Brodmanns Area 40,Brodmanns Area 5,Brodmanns Area 7,Cortex, Inferior Parietal,Cortex, Parietal,Cortex, Posterior Parietal,Cortex, Precuneus,Cortex, Secondary Sensorimotor,Cortices, Inferior Parietal,Gyrus, Angular,Gyrus, Prelunate,Gyrus, Supramarginal,Inferior Parietal Cortices,Lobe, Parietal,Lobule, Parietal,Lobule, Posterior Paracentral,Lobule, Superior Parietal,Paracentral Lobule, Posterior,Paracentral Lobules, Posterior,Parietal Cortex, Inferior,Parietal Cortex, Posterior,Parietal Cortices,Parietal Cortices, Inferior,Parietal Cortices, Posterior,Parietal Lobes,Parietal Lobule, Superior,Parietal Lobules,Parietal Lobules, Superior,Parietal Regions,Posterior Paracentral Lobules,Posterior Parietal Cortices,Precuneus Cortices,Region, Parietal,Secondary Sensorimotor Cortices,Sensorimotor Cortex, Secondary,Superior Parietal Lobules
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D002540 Cerebral Cortex The thin layer of GRAY MATTER on the surface of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES that develops from the TELENCEPHALON and folds into gyri and sulci. It reaches its highest development in humans and is responsible for intellectual faculties and higher mental functions. Allocortex,Archipallium,Cortex Cerebri,Cortical Plate,Paleocortex,Periallocortex,Allocortices,Archipalliums,Cerebral Cortices,Cortex Cerebrus,Cortex, Cerebral,Cortical Plates,Paleocortices,Periallocortices,Plate, Cortical
D005625 Frontal Lobe The part of the cerebral hemisphere anterior to the central sulcus, and anterior and superior to the lateral sulcus. Brodmann Area 8,Brodmann's Area 8,Frontal Cortex,Frontal Eye Fields,Lobus Frontalis,Supplementary Eye Field,Area 8, Brodmann,Area 8, Brodmann's,Brodmanns Area 8,Cortex, Frontal,Eye Field, Frontal,Eye Field, Supplementary,Eye Fields, Frontal,Frontal Cortices,Frontal Eye Field,Frontal Lobes,Lobe, Frontal,Supplementary Eye Fields
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D066127 White Matter The region of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that appears lighter in color than the other type, GRAY MATTER. It mainly consists of MYELINATED NERVE FIBERS and contains few neuronal cell bodies or DENDRITES. Cerebellar White Matter,Cerebellar White Matters,Matter, Cerebellar White,Matter, White,Matters, Cerebellar White,Matters, White,White Matter, Cerebellar,White Matters,White Matters, Cerebellar

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