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Hypoglossal nerve neoplasm

MedGen UID:
220392
•Concept ID:
C1263903
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Hypoglossal Nerve Neoplasm; hypoglossal nerve neoplasm; hypoglossal nerve neoplasm (disease); Hypoglossal Nerve Neoplasms; hypoglossal nerve neoplasms; Hypoglossal Nerve Tumor; hypoglossal nerve tumor; Hypoglossal Nerve Tumors; hypoglossal nerve tumors; hypoglossal nerve tumour; hypoglossal nerve tumours; Neoplasm of hypoglossal nerve; Neoplasm of Hypoglossal Nerve; neoplasm of hypoglossal nerve; Neoplasm of the Hypoglossal Nerve; neoplasm of the hypoglossal nerve; Neoplasm of the Twelfth Cranial Nerve; neoplasm of the twelfth cranial nerve; Neoplasm of Twelfth Cranial Nerve; neoplasm of twelfth cranial nerve; Tumor of Hypoglossal Nerve; tumor of hypoglossal nerve; Tumor of the Hypoglossal Nerve; tumor of the hypoglossal nerve; Tumor of the Twelfth Cranial Nerve; tumor of the twelfth cranial nerve; Tumor of Twelfth Cranial Nerve; tumor of twelfth cranial nerve; tumour of hypoglossal nerve; tumour of the hypoglossal nerve; tumour of the twelfth cranial nerve; tumour of twelfth cranial nerve; Twelfth Cranial Nerve Neoplasm; twelfth cranial nerve neoplasm; Twelfth Cranial Nerve Neoplasms; twelfth cranial nerve neoplasms; Twelfth Cranial Nerve Tumor; twelfth cranial nerve tumor; Twelfth Cranial Nerve Tumors; twelfth cranial nerve tumors; twelfth cranial nerve tumour; twelfth cranial nerve tumours; XIIth Cranial Nerve Neoplasms; XIIth cranial nerve neoplasms; XIIth Cranial Nerve Tumors; XIIth cranial nerve tumors; XIIth cranial nerve tumours
SNOMED CT: Neoplasm of hypoglossal nerve (126978008)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002550

Definition

A neoplasm involving a hypoglossal nerve. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHypoglossal nerve neoplasm

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and management of hypoglossal nerve-derived schwannoma in the floor of mouth: a case series.
Zhong J, Zhou Z, Hu Y, Zhao T, Yao Y, Zhong L, Zhu D
BMC Oral Health 2022 Jun 29;22(1):265. doi: 10.1186/s12903-022-02302-2. PMID: 35768820Free PMC Article
Contemporary management of carotid body tumors in a Midwestern academic center.
Wernick BD, Furlough CL, Patel U, Samant S, Hoel AW, Rodriguez HE, Tomita TT, Eskandari MK
Surgery 2021 Mar;169(3):700-704. Epub 2020 Aug 28 doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.07.030. PMID: 32868107
Surgical management of cavernous malformations involving the cranial nerves.
Deshmukh VR, Albuquerque FC, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF
Neurosurgery 2003 Aug;53(2):352-7; discussion 357. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000073531.84342.c2. PMID: 12925251

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Diagnosis and management of hypoglossal nerve-derived schwannoma in the floor of mouth: a case series.
Zhong J, Zhou Z, Hu Y, Zhao T, Yao Y, Zhong L, Zhu D
BMC Oral Health 2022 Jun 29;22(1):265. doi: 10.1186/s12903-022-02302-2. PMID: 35768820Free PMC Article
Management of facial nerve schwannoma: when is the timing for surgery.
Cho YS, Choi JE, Lim JH, Cho YS
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2022 Mar;279(3):1243-1249. Epub 2021 Apr 8 doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-06765-x. PMID: 33834275
Carotid Body Tumor - radiological imaging and genetic assessment.
Berger G, Łukasiewicz A, Grinevych V, Tarasów E
Pol Przegl Chir 2020 Nov 6;92(6):39-44. doi: 10.5604/01.3001.0014.4872. PMID: 33408267
Radiation-induced hypoglossal nerve palsy after definitive radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Clinical predictors and dose-toxicity relationship.
Chow JCH, Cheung KM, Au KH, Zee BCY, Lee J, Ngan RKC, Lee AWM, Yiu HHY, Li KWS, Leung AKC, Chan JCH, Lee FKH, Wong KH
Radiother Oncol 2019 Sep;138:93-98. Epub 2019 Jun 25 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.06.011. PMID: 31252300
Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Update and Future.
Lim DC, Pack AI
Annu Rev Med 2017 Jan 14;68:99-112. Epub 2016 Oct 5 doi: 10.1146/annurev-med-042915-102623. PMID: 27732789

Diagnosis

Diagnosis and management of hypoglossal nerve-derived schwannoma in the floor of mouth: a case series.
Zhong J, Zhou Z, Hu Y, Zhao T, Yao Y, Zhong L, Zhu D
BMC Oral Health 2022 Jun 29;22(1):265. doi: 10.1186/s12903-022-02302-2. PMID: 35768820Free PMC Article
Hypoglossal Nerve Schwannoma: Case Report and Literature Review.
Di Pascuale I, Brito N, Zerpa J, Roa C, Faria G
World Neurosurg 2020 Mar;135:205-208. Epub 2019 Dec 9 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.12.006. PMID: 31821912
Cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials and Hypoglossal Nerve Schwannoma.
McCaslin DL
J Am Acad Audiol 2018 Feb;29(2):94. doi: 10.3766/jaaa.29.2.1. PMID: 29401056
Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Update and Future.
Lim DC, Pack AI
Annu Rev Med 2017 Jan 14;68:99-112. Epub 2016 Oct 5 doi: 10.1146/annurev-med-042915-102623. PMID: 27732789
Cranial nerve XII: the hypoglossal nerve.
Lin HC, Barkhaus PE
Semin Neurol 2009 Feb;29(1):45-52. Epub 2009 Feb 12 doi: 10.1055/s-0028-1124022. PMID: 19214932

Therapy

The phrenic nerve; the forgotten nerve in head and neck surgery.
Lee MF, Gan JY, Zhang M, Stokan MJ, Palme CE
ANZ J Surg 2023 Mar;93(3):500-505. Epub 2023 Feb 15 doi: 10.1111/ans.18322. PMID: 36792555
Surgical Management of Craniovertebral Junction Schwannomas: A Systematic Review.
Palmisciano P, Ferini G, Watanabe G, Conching A, Ogasawara C, Scalia G, Bin-Alamer O, Haider AS, Passanisi M, Maugeri R, Hoz SS, Baldoncini M, Campero A, Salvati M, Cohen-Gadol AA, Umana GE
Curr Oncol 2022 Jul 9;29(7):4842-4855. doi: 10.3390/curroncol29070384. PMID: 35877244Free PMC Article
Application of hypoglossal nerve constraint in definitive radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A dosimetric feasibility study.
Chow JCH, Lui JCF, Au KH, Cheung KM, Ngan RKC, Leung AKC, Li KWS, Chan JCH, Wong KH, Lee FKH
Med Dosim 2021 Spring;46(1):39-44. Epub 2020 Aug 4 doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2020.07.002. PMID: 32768273
Radiation-induced hypoglossal nerve palsy after definitive radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Clinical predictors and dose-toxicity relationship.
Chow JCH, Cheung KM, Au KH, Zee BCY, Lee J, Ngan RKC, Lee AWM, Yiu HHY, Li KWS, Leung AKC, Chan JCH, Lee FKH, Wong KH
Radiother Oncol 2019 Sep;138:93-98. Epub 2019 Jun 25 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.06.011. PMID: 31252300
New predictors of complications in carotid body tumor resection.
Kim GY, Lawrence PF, Moridzadeh RS, Zimmerman K, Munoz A, Luna-Ortiz K, Oderich GS, de Francisco J, Ospina J, Huertas S, de Souza LR, Bower TC, Farley S, Gelabert HA, Kret MR, Harris EJ Jr, De Caridi G, Spinelli F, Smeds MR, Liapis CD, Kakisis J, Papapetrou AP, Debus ES, Behrendt CA, Kleinspehn E, Horton JD, Mussa FF, Cheng SWK, Morasch MD, Rasheed K, Bennett ME, Bismuth J, Lumsden AB, Abularrage CJ, Farber A
J Vasc Surg 2017 Jun;65(6):1673-1679. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.12.124. PMID: 28527929

Prognosis

The phrenic nerve; the forgotten nerve in head and neck surgery.
Lee MF, Gan JY, Zhang M, Stokan MJ, Palme CE
ANZ J Surg 2023 Mar;93(3):500-505. Epub 2023 Feb 15 doi: 10.1111/ans.18322. PMID: 36792555
Imaging Features of isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy.
Guarnizo A, Glikstein R, Torres C
J Neuroradiol 2020 Mar;47(2):136-150. Epub 2019 Apr 26 doi: 10.1016/j.neurad.2019.04.006. PMID: 31034896
Radiation-induced hypoglossal nerve palsy after definitive radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Clinical predictors and dose-toxicity relationship.
Chow JCH, Cheung KM, Au KH, Zee BCY, Lee J, Ngan RKC, Lee AWM, Yiu HHY, Li KWS, Leung AKC, Chan JCH, Lee FKH, Wong KH
Radiother Oncol 2019 Sep;138:93-98. Epub 2019 Jun 25 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.06.011. PMID: 31252300
Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Update and Future.
Lim DC, Pack AI
Annu Rev Med 2017 Jan 14;68:99-112. Epub 2016 Oct 5 doi: 10.1146/annurev-med-042915-102623. PMID: 27732789
Facial nerve neuroma.
Pulec JL
Ear Nose Throat J 1994 Oct;73(10):721-2, 725-39, 743-52. PMID: 7805595

Clinical prediction guides

Management of facial nerve schwannoma: when is the timing for surgery.
Cho YS, Choi JE, Lim JH, Cho YS
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2022 Mar;279(3):1243-1249. Epub 2021 Apr 8 doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-06765-x. PMID: 33834275
Hypoglossal Nerve: Anatomy, Anatomical Variations Comorbidities and Clinical Significance.
Manoli A, Ploumidou K, Georgopapadakos N, Stratzias P, Skandalakis PN, Angelis S, Apostolopoulos AP, Filippou DK
J Long Term Eff Med Implants 2019;29(3):197-203. doi: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.2020033230. PMID: 32478990
Radiation-induced hypoglossal nerve palsy after definitive radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Clinical predictors and dose-toxicity relationship.
Chow JCH, Cheung KM, Au KH, Zee BCY, Lee J, Ngan RKC, Lee AWM, Yiu HHY, Li KWS, Leung AKC, Chan JCH, Lee FKH, Wong KH
Radiother Oncol 2019 Sep;138:93-98. Epub 2019 Jun 25 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.06.011. PMID: 31252300
Diagnostic, Surgical, and Postoperative Challenges of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Neck: Clinical Experience and Literature Review.
Khan MM, Khan MI, Ali H, Kazmi T, Iqbal H
Ann Vasc Surg 2017 Nov;45:92-97. Epub 2017 Jul 6 doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2017.06.128. PMID: 28688875
Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Update and Future.
Lim DC, Pack AI
Annu Rev Med 2017 Jan 14;68:99-112. Epub 2016 Oct 5 doi: 10.1146/annurev-med-042915-102623. PMID: 27732789

Recent systematic reviews

The phrenic nerve; the forgotten nerve in head and neck surgery.
Lee MF, Gan JY, Zhang M, Stokan MJ, Palme CE
ANZ J Surg 2023 Mar;93(3):500-505. Epub 2023 Feb 15 doi: 10.1111/ans.18322. PMID: 36792555
Surgical Management of Craniovertebral Junction Schwannomas: A Systematic Review.
Palmisciano P, Ferini G, Watanabe G, Conching A, Ogasawara C, Scalia G, Bin-Alamer O, Haider AS, Passanisi M, Maugeri R, Hoz SS, Baldoncini M, Campero A, Salvati M, Cohen-Gadol AA, Umana GE
Curr Oncol 2022 Jul 9;29(7):4842-4855. doi: 10.3390/curroncol29070384. PMID: 35877244Free PMC Article
Management of non-vestibular schwannomas in adult patients: a systematic review and consensus statement on behalf of the EANS skull base section Part III: Lower cranial nerve schwannomas, jugular foramen (CN IX, X, XI) and hypoglossal schwannoma (XII).
Bal J, Bruneau M, Berhouma M, Cornelius JF, Cavallo LM, Daniel RT, Froelich S, Jouanneau E, Meling TR, Messerer M, Roche PH, Schroeder H, Tatagiba M, Zazpe I, Paraskevopoulos D
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2022 Feb;164(2):321-329. Epub 2021 Dec 2 doi: 10.1007/s00701-021-05072-y. PMID: 34854994
Hypoglossal schwannomas: A systematic review of the literature.
Bindal S, El Ahmadieh TY, Plitt A, Aoun SG, Neeley OJ, El Tecle NE, Barnett S, Gluf W
J Clin Neurosci 2019 Apr;62:162-173. Epub 2018 Nov 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2018.11.037. PMID: 30472335
Occipital Condyle Syndrome: A Red Flag for Malignancy. Comprehensive Literature Review and New Case Report.
Rodríguez-Pardo J, Lara-Lara M, Sanz-Cuesta BE, Fuentes B, Díez-Tejedor E
Headache 2017 May;57(5):699-708. Epub 2016 Dec 21 doi: 10.1111/head.13008. PMID: 28000214

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