Research Article

Preoperative Quantitative MR Tractography Compared with Visual Tract Evaluation in Patients with Neuropathologically Confirmed Gliomas Grades II and III: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 1

A summary of infiltrated or dislocated tract segments.

Patient numberGlioma typeGlioma gradeLobeDisplaced tractsDisplaced segmentsInfiltrated tractsInfiltrated segments

1AstrocytomaIIParietalNoneNoneAF AF segments 1 and 2

2AstrocytomaIIIFrontal lobe, not extending to the motor areaNoneNoneNone None

3AstrocytomaIIFrontoparietotemporalNoneNoneILF 
IFOF 
CST 
CG 
CG para 
AF 
Fornix
ILF segment 2 
IFOF segment 3 
CST segments 2 and 3 
CG segments 1 and 2 
CG para segment 2 
AF segments 1 and 2 
Fornix segment 2

4OligodendrogliomaIIFrontal lobe, not extending to the motor areaNoneNoneUF 
IFOF 
CC Fmin
UF segment 1 
IFOF segment 1 
CC Fmin

5AstrocytomaIIFrontal and insularIFOF  
AF 
CST
IFOF segment 2 
AF segment 1 
CST segments 2 and 3
None None

6AstrocytomaIIIFrontal lobe extending to the precentral sulcusCSTCST segments 2 and 3AF AF segments 1 and 2

7AstrocytomaIIITemporooccipitalCSTCST segment 2UF 
ILF 
IFOF  
CG para 
Fornix
UF segments 1 and 2  
ILF segments 1 and 2  
IFOF segments 2 and 3  
CG para segments 1 and 2  
Fornix segment 2

8AstrocytomaIIIFrontoparietotemporalILF  
IFOF  
CST
ILF segment 2  
IFOF segment 3 
CST segments 2 and 3
AF AF segments 1 and 2

9OligodendrogliomaIIFrontal lobe, not extending to the motor areaNoneNoneUF 
IFOF 
CC Fmin 
CG
UF segments 1 and 2 
IFOF segments 1 and 2 
CC Fmin 
CG segments 1 and 2

10OligodendrogliomaIIFrontalCGCG segments 1 and 2CST 
AF
CST segments 2 and 3 
AF segment 1

11OligodendrogliomaIIParietalNoneNoneNoneNone

12AstrocytomaIIIFrontal lobe, not extending to the motor areaNoneNoneUF 
IFOF 
CC Fmin
UF segments 1 and 2 
IFOF segment 1  
CC Fmin

13AstrocytomaIIFrontoparietalAFAF segment 1CST 
CG
CST segment 3 
CG segments 1 and 2

14AstrocytomaIIIFrontotemporoparietooccipitalILF  
IFOF
ILF segments 1 and 2 
IFOF segment 3
CST 
CG 
CG para 
AF
CST segment 3 
CG segments 2 and 1 
CG para segments 1 and 2  
AF segment 2

15AstrocytomaIIIFrontoparietotemporalNoneNoneAF AF segments 1 and 2

16AstrocytomaIIParietotemporooccipitalNoneNoneIFOF  
CST 
AF
IFOF segment 3 
CST segment 3 
AF segment 2

17OligodendrogliomaIITemporalCG paraCG para segment 1UF 
IFOF
UF segments 1 and 2 
IFOF segment 2

18OligodendrogliomaIIFrontal lobe, not extending to the motor areaNoneNoneCC Fmin CC Fmin

19AstrocytomaIIFrontotemporoparietalNoneNoneUF 
ILF 
IFOF 
CG para
UF segments 1 and 2 
ILF segments 1 and 2 
IFOF segments 2 and 3 
CG para segments 1 and 2

20OligodendrogliomaIIFrontalAFAF segment 1None None

21AstrocytomaIIFrontalCGCG segments 1 and 2None None

22OligodendrogliomaIITemporoparietalILF  
IFOF
ILF segment 1 
IFOF segment 3
None None

23AstrocytomaIIFrontotemporoinsularCSTCST segments 1 and 2UF 
ILF 
IFOF
UF segments 1 and 2  
ILF segment 1 
IFOF segments 2 and 3

24AstrocytomaIITemporooccipitoparietalNoneNoneILF  
IFOF  
CST  
ARC
ILF segments 1 and 2 
IFOF segment 3  
CST segments 2 and 3 
FA segments 1 and 2

25OligodendrogliomaIIFrontal lobe extending to the precentral sulcusCGCG segments 1 and 2CST 
ARC
CST segments 2 and 3 
AF segment 1

26AstrocytomaIIIFrontotemporoparietooccipitalCSTCST segments 1 and 2UF 
ILF 
IFOF 
CG para  
ARC
UF segments 1 and 2  
ILF segments 1 and 2  
IFOF segments 1–3  
CG para segments 1 and 2  
AF segment 2

27OligodendrogliomaIIFrontal lobe, not extending to the motor areaCGCG segment 1UF  
CC Fmin
UF segments 1 and 2 

28OligodendrogliomaIIFrontal lobe extending to the precentral sulcusCSTCST segments 2 and 3AF AF segment 1

29OligodendrogliomaIIFrontotemporoinsularAF  
CST
AF segments 1 and 2  
CST segments 2 and 3
UF 
ILF 
IFOF
UF segments 1 and 2 
ILF segment 1 
IFOF segments 1–3

30OligodendrogliomaIIIFrontal NoneNoneCST CST segment 3

31OligodendrogliomaIIFrontal lobe, not extending to the motor areaNoneNoneCC Fmin CC Fmin

32OligodendrogliomaIIIFrontotemporoinsularNoneNoneUF 
ILF 
IFOF 
CC Fmin
UF segments 1 and 2 
ILF segment 1 
IFOF segments 1–3 
CC Fmin

33AstrocytomaIIIFrontoinsular, not extending to the precentral sulcusNoneNoneUF 
IFOF 
CC Fmin
UF segment 1 
IFOF segments 1 and 2 
CC Fmin

34OligodendrogliomaIIIFrontoinsular, not extending to the precentral sulcusNoneNoneUF 
IFOF  
CC Fmin
UF segment 1 
IFOF segments 1 and 2 
CC Fmin

AF = arcuate fasciculus, ILF = inferior longitudinal fasciculus, IFOF = inferior frontooccipital fasciculus, CG = cingulum, CG para = parahippocampal cingulum, UF = uncinate fasciculus, CC Fmin = forceps minor of the corpus callosum, and CST = corticospinal tract.