Abstract #2439

Mapping the Language Network in Grade II Gliomas: A Longitudinal Study with FMRI, MR Tractography and Neuropsychology

Alberto Bizzi¹, Francesca Ferr², GianMarco Castelli¹, Maria Luisa Mandelli¹, Sylvie Piacentini², Francesca Ciaraffa¹, Domenico Aquino¹, Carlo Marras³, Francesco Di Meco³, Giovanni Broggi³, Carlo Lazzaro Solero³

¹Neuroradiology, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Besta, Milan, Italy; ²Neurology, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Besta, Milan, Italy; ³Neurosurgery, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Besta, Milan, Italy

Fourteen patients with grade II glioma were evaluated longitudinally with fMRI and DTI-MR Tractography of the language network and Aachener Aphasie Test before surgery, at 3 and 12 months. Functional cortex and streamlines of the dorsal and ventral language pathways were mapped.