Optic tract edema in craniopharyngioma as a predictor of BRAFV600E mutation presence.
Akira TaguchiYasuyuki KinoshitaMasato KojimaVishwa J AmatyaAtsushi TominagaYukio TakeshimaKazunori AritaEiso HiyamaFumiyuki YamasakiNobutaka HoriePublished in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology (2023)
in craniopharyngiomas, the presence of optic tract edema can predict the presence of BRAFV600E mutation with a positive predictive value of 100%. The finding should be verified in larger prospective cohorts and multivariate regression analysis.