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Malignant Skull Base Neoplasm

MedGen UID:
1664816
•Concept ID:
C4744380
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm that affects the skull base. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Esthesioneuroblastoma: clinical presentation, radiological, and pathological features, treatment, review of the literature, and the University of Virginia experience.
Oskouian RJ Jr, Jane JA Sr, Dumont AS, Sheehan JM, Laurent JJ, Levine PA
Neurosurg Focus 2002 May 15;12(5):e4. doi: 10.3171/foc.2002.12.5.5. PMID: 16119902

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Advances in Pituitary Surgery.
Byun YH, Kang H, Kim YH
Endocrinol Metab (Seoul) 2022 Aug;37(4):608-616. Epub 2022 Aug 19 doi: 10.3803/EnM.2022.1546. PMID: 35982611Free PMC Article
ESTRO ACROP guideline for target volume delineation of skull base tumors.
Combs SE, Baumert BG, Bendszus M, Bozzao A, Brada M, Fariselli L, Fiorentino A, Ganswindt U, Grosu AL, Lagerwaard FL, Niyazi M, Nyholm T, Paddick I, Weber DC, Belka C, Minniti G
Radiother Oncol 2021 Mar;156:80-94. Epub 2020 Dec 10 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.11.014. PMID: 33309848
Osteoradionecrosis of the skull base.
Leonetti JP, Weishaar JR, Gannon D, Harmon GA, Block A, Anderson DE
J Neurooncol 2020 Dec;150(3):477-482. Epub 2020 May 11 doi: 10.1007/s11060-020-03462-3. PMID: 32394326
Current treatment options for meningioma.
Apra C, Peyre M, Kalamarides M
Expert Rev Neurother 2018 Mar;18(3):241-249. Epub 2018 Jan 22 doi: 10.1080/14737175.2018.1429920. PMID: 29338455
Intracranial dural, calvarial, and skull base metastases.
Harrison RA, Nam JY, Weathers SP, DeMonte F
Handb Clin Neurol 2018;149:205-225. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-811161-1.00014-1. PMID: 29307354

Diagnosis

Skull Base Tumors.
Forst DA, Jones PS
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2023 Dec 1;29(6):1752-1778. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000001361. PMID: 38085897
Skull Base Tumor Mimics.
Huang JH, Hagiwara M
Neuroimaging Clin N Am 2022 May;32(2):327-344. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2022.02.001. PMID: 35526960
ESTRO ACROP guideline for target volume delineation of skull base tumors.
Combs SE, Baumert BG, Bendszus M, Bozzao A, Brada M, Fariselli L, Fiorentino A, Ganswindt U, Grosu AL, Lagerwaard FL, Niyazi M, Nyholm T, Paddick I, Weber DC, Belka C, Minniti G
Radiother Oncol 2021 Mar;156:80-94. Epub 2020 Dec 10 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.11.014. PMID: 33309848
Posttreatment Imaging Surveillance.
Farina D, Zorza I, Golemi S, Lombardi D, Borghesi A, Maroldi R, Ravanelli M
Adv Otorhinolaryngol 2020;84:218-230. Epub 2020 Jul 30 doi: 10.1159/000457941. PMID: 32731227
Esthesioneuroblastoma.
Ow TJ, Bell D, Kupferman ME, Demonte F, Hanna EY
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2013 Jan;24(1):51-65. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2012.08.005. PMID: 23174357

Therapy

Advances in Pituitary Surgery.
Byun YH, Kang H, Kim YH
Endocrinol Metab (Seoul) 2022 Aug;37(4):608-616. Epub 2022 Aug 19 doi: 10.3803/EnM.2022.1546. PMID: 35982611Free PMC Article
Posttreatment Imaging Surveillance.
Farina D, Zorza I, Golemi S, Lombardi D, Borghesi A, Maroldi R, Ravanelli M
Adv Otorhinolaryngol 2020;84:218-230. Epub 2020 Jul 30 doi: 10.1159/000457941. PMID: 32731227
Osteoradionecrosis of the skull base.
Leonetti JP, Weishaar JR, Gannon D, Harmon GA, Block A, Anderson DE
J Neurooncol 2020 Dec;150(3):477-482. Epub 2020 May 11 doi: 10.1007/s11060-020-03462-3. PMID: 32394326
Inadvertent insertion of nasogastric tube into the brain stem and spinal cord after endoscopic skull base surgery.
Hanna AS, Grindle CR, Patel AA, Rosen MR, Evans JJ
Am J Otolaryngol 2012 Jan-Feb;33(1):178-80. Epub 2011 Jun 28 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2011.04.001. PMID: 21715048
Skull base chordomas.
Koutourousiou M, Snyderman CH, Fernandez-Miranda J, Gardner PA
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2011 Oct;44(5):1155-71. Epub 2011 Jul 21 doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.06.002. PMID: 21978899

Prognosis

Current treatment options for meningioma.
Apra C, Peyre M, Kalamarides M
Expert Rev Neurother 2018 Mar;18(3):241-249. Epub 2018 Jan 22 doi: 10.1080/14737175.2018.1429920. PMID: 29338455
Esthesioneuroblastoma.
Ow TJ, Bell D, Kupferman ME, Demonte F, Hanna EY
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2013 Jan;24(1):51-65. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2012.08.005. PMID: 23174357
Inadvertent insertion of nasogastric tube into the brain stem and spinal cord after endoscopic skull base surgery.
Hanna AS, Grindle CR, Patel AA, Rosen MR, Evans JJ
Am J Otolaryngol 2012 Jan-Feb;33(1):178-80. Epub 2011 Jun 28 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2011.04.001. PMID: 21715048
Skull-base metastases.
Laigle-Donadey F, Taillibert S, Martin-Duverneuil N, Hildebrand J, Delattre JY
J Neurooncol 2005 Oct;75(1):63-9. doi: 10.1007/s11060-004-8099-0. PMID: 16215817
Skull base chordoma.
Mendenhall WM, Mendenhall CM, Lewis SB, Villaret DB, Mendenhall NP
Head Neck 2005 Feb;27(2):159-65. doi: 10.1002/hed.20144. PMID: 15641104

Clinical prediction guides

Endoscopic transorbital approach for skull base lesions: a report of 16 clinical cases.
Han X, Yang H, Wang Z, Li L, Li C, Han S, Wu A
Neurosurg Rev 2023 Mar 22;46(1):74. doi: 10.1007/s10143-023-01980-y. PMID: 36947242
Meningiomas.
Ganz JC
Prog Brain Res 2022;268(1):163-190. Epub 2021 Dec 14 doi: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2021.10.031. PMID: 35074079
Parasellar Meningiomas.
Graillon T, Regis J, Barlier A, Brue T, Dufour H, Buchfelder M
Neuroendocrinology 2020;110(9-10):780-796. Epub 2020 Jun 3 doi: 10.1159/000509090. PMID: 32492684
Current treatment options for meningioma.
Apra C, Peyre M, Kalamarides M
Expert Rev Neurother 2018 Mar;18(3):241-249. Epub 2018 Jan 22 doi: 10.1080/14737175.2018.1429920. PMID: 29338455
Staging of Sinonasal and Ventral Skull Base Malignancies.
Desai DD, Brandon BM, Perkins EL, Ebert CS, Zanation AM, Thorp BD
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2017 Apr;50(2):257-271. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2016.12.004. PMID: 28314399

Recent systematic reviews

Modern Management of Complex Tympanojugular Paragangliomas: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Dharnipragada R, Butterfield JT, Dhawan S, Adams ME, Venteicher AS
World Neurosurg 2023 Feb;170:149-156.e3. Epub 2022 Nov 16 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.11.037. PMID: 36400356
Primary and radiation induced skull base osteosarcoma: a systematic review of clinical features and treatment outcomes.
Bin Alamer O, Haider AS, Haider M, Sagoo NS, Robertson FC, Arrey EN, Aoun SG, Yu K, Cohen-Gadol AA, El Ahmadieh TY
J Neurooncol 2021 Jun;153(2):183-202. Epub 2021 May 17 doi: 10.1007/s11060-021-03757-z. PMID: 33999382Free PMC Article
Prognostic Factors in Skull Base Chordoma: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis.
Zou MX, Lv GH, Zhang QS, Wang SF, Li J, Wang XB
World Neurosurg 2018 Jan;109:307-327. Epub 2017 Oct 16 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.10.010. PMID: 29045855
Laryngeal Verrucous Carcinoma.
Echanique KA, Desai SV, Marchiano E, Spinazzi EF, Strojan P, Baredes S, Eloy JA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017 Jan;156(1):38-45. Epub 2016 Aug 9 doi: 10.1177/0194599816662631. PMID: 27484231
Quality of life instruments for skull base pathology: systematic review and methodologic appraisal.
de Almeida JR, Witterick IJ, Gullane PJ, Gentili F, Lohfeld L, Ringash J, Thoma A, Vescan AD
Head Neck 2013 Sep;35(9):1221-31. Epub 2012 Sep 18 doi: 10.1002/hed.23120. PMID: 22987281

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