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Schwannoma of jugular foramen

MedGen UID:
272780
•Concept ID:
C1334300
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Jugular Foramen Neurilemmoma; jugular Foramen neurilemmoma; Jugular Foramen Schwannoma; jugular foramen schwannoma; Neurilemmoma of Jugular Foramen; neurilemmoma of jugular Foramen; Neurilemmoma of the Jugular Foramen; neurilemmoma of the jugular Foramen; Schwannoma of Jugular Foramen; schwannoma of jugular foramen; Schwannoma of the Jugular Foramen; schwannoma of the jugular Foramen
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003980

Definition

A rare intracranial schwannoma that affects the jugular foramen. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSchwannoma of jugular foramen

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Surgical treatment of dumbbell-shaped jugular foramen schwannomas via two-piece lateral suboccipital approach: Report of 26 patients.
Wang X, Liang J, Li M, Bai J, Tang J, Bao Y, Xiao X
J Clin Neurosci 2021 Dec;94:32-37. Epub 2021 Oct 5 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.08.011. PMID: 34863457
Lesions involving the jugular foramen: clinical characteristics and surgical management.
Li W, Dai C
Acta Otolaryngol 2015 Jun;135(6):565-71. Epub 2015 Feb 26 doi: 10.3109/00016489.2014.1003094. PMID: 25719346
Microsurgical management of jugular foramen schwannomas.
Sedney CL, Nonaka Y, Bulsara KR, Fukushima T
Neurosurgery 2013 Jan;72(1):42-6; discussion 46. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182770e74. PMID: 23096422

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Transoral Approach to the Jugular Foramen Region with Preservation of the Eustachian Tube.
Li L, Xu H, London NR Jr, Carrau RL, Jin Y, Chen X
Laryngoscope 2022 Jul;132(7):1374-1380. Epub 2022 Mar 17 doi: 10.1002/lary.30077. PMID: 35297505
Surgery of the lateral skull base: a 50-year endeavour.
Zanoletti E, Mazzoni A, Martini A, Abbritti RV, Albertini R, Alexandre E, Baro V, Bartolini S, Bernardeschi D, Bivona R, Bonali M, Borghesi I, Borsetto D, Bovo R, Breun M, Calbucci F, Carlson ML, Caruso A, Cayé-Thomasen P, Cazzador D, Champagne PO, Colangeli R, Conte G, D'Avella D, Danesi G, Deantonio L, Denaro L, Di Berardino F, Draghi R, Ebner FH, Favaretto N, Ferri G, Fioravanti A, Froelich S, Giannuzzi A, Girasoli L, Grossardt BR, Guidi M, Hagen R, Hanakita S, Hardy DG, Iglesias VC, Jefferies S, Jia H, Kalamarides M, Kanaan IN, Krengli M, Landi A, Lauda L, Lepera D, Lieber S, Lloyd SLK, Lovato A, Maccarrone F, Macfarlane R, Magnan J, Magnoni L, Marchioni D, Marinelli JP, Marioni G, Mastronardi V, Matthies C, Moffat DA, Munari S, Nardone M, Pareschi R, Pavone C, Piccirillo E, Piras G, Presutti L, Restivo G, Reznitsky M, Roca E, Russo A, Sanna M, Sartori L, Scheich M, Shehata-Dieler W, Soloperto D, Sorrentino F, Sterkers O, Taibah A, Tatagiba M, Tealdo G, Vlad D, Wu H, Zanetti D
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2019 Jun;39(SUPPL. 1):S1-S146. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-suppl.1-39-2019. PMID: 31130732Free PMC Article
Nonglomic tumors of the jugular foramen: differential diagnosis and prognostic implications.
Guinto G, Kageyama M, Trujillo-Luarca VH, Abdo M, Ruiz-Than A, Romero-Rangel A
World Neurosurg 2014 Dec;82(6):1283-90. Epub 2014 Jul 18 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.07.013. PMID: 25045790
Surgical treatment of dumbbell-shaped jugular foramen schwannomas.
Kadri PA, Al-Mefty O
Neurosurg Focus 2004 Aug 15;17(2):E9. doi: 10.3171/foc.2004.17.2.9. PMID: 15329024
Radiologic evaluation of the jugular foramen. Anatomy, vascular variants, anomalies, and tumors.
Weber AL, McKenna MJ
Neuroimaging Clin N Am 1994 Aug;4(3):579-98. PMID: 7952957

Diagnosis

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
A challenging case of sporadic melanocytoma of the jugular foramen.
Donofrio CA, Roncaroli F, Riccio L, Pereira M, O'Sullivan J, Mayers H, Potter GM, Djoukhadar I, Rutherford SA
Neurochirurgie 2022 Jul;68(4):453-457. Epub 2021 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2021.06.001. PMID: 34157339
Nonparaganglioma jugular foramen tumors.
Thomas AJ, Wiggins RH 3rd, Gurgel RK
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2015 Apr;48(2):343-59. Epub 2015 Feb 4 doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2014.12.008. PMID: 25659512
Nonglomic tumors of the jugular foramen: differential diagnosis and prognostic implications.
Guinto G, Kageyama M, Trujillo-Luarca VH, Abdo M, Ruiz-Than A, Romero-Rangel A
World Neurosurg 2014 Dec;82(6):1283-90. Epub 2014 Jul 18 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.07.013. PMID: 25045790
Radiologic evaluation of the jugular foramen. Anatomy, vascular variants, anomalies, and tumors.
Weber AL, McKenna MJ
Neuroimaging Clin N Am 1994 Aug;4(3):579-98. PMID: 7952957

Therapy

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
Early-onset adverse events after stereotactic radiosurgery for jugular foramen schwannoma: a mid-term follow-up single-center review of 46 cases.
Kim YG, Park CK, Jung NY, Jung HH, Chang JH, Chang JW, Chang WS
Radiat Oncol 2022 May 7;17(1):89. doi: 10.1186/s13014-022-02057-8. PMID: 35525985Free PMC Article
Comprehensive review of the extended middle cranial fossa approach.
Lipschitz N, Kohlberg GD, Zuccarello M, Samy RN
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2018 Oct;26(5):286-292. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000471. PMID: 29957681
MPNST after Radiosurgery: A Report and Review of the Literature.
Tu A, Ma R, Maguire J, Akagami R
Can J Neurol Sci 2014 Jan;41(1):74-81. doi: 10.1017/s0317167100016292. PMID: 24384341
Stereotactic radiosurgery for nonvestibular schwannomas.
Hasegawa T
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2013 Oct;24(4):531-42. Epub 2013 Aug 2 doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2013.05.003. PMID: 24093571

Prognosis

Differentiation of Jugular Foramen Paragangliomas versus Schwannomas Using Golden-Angle Radial Sparse Parallel Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI.
Pires A, Nayak G, Zan E, Hagiwara M, Gonen O, Fatterpekar G
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2021 Oct;42(10):1847-1852. Epub 2021 Sep 9 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A7243. PMID: 34503944Free PMC Article
Surgery of the lateral skull base: a 50-year endeavour.
Zanoletti E, Mazzoni A, Martini A, Abbritti RV, Albertini R, Alexandre E, Baro V, Bartolini S, Bernardeschi D, Bivona R, Bonali M, Borghesi I, Borsetto D, Bovo R, Breun M, Calbucci F, Carlson ML, Caruso A, Cayé-Thomasen P, Cazzador D, Champagne PO, Colangeli R, Conte G, D'Avella D, Danesi G, Deantonio L, Denaro L, Di Berardino F, Draghi R, Ebner FH, Favaretto N, Ferri G, Fioravanti A, Froelich S, Giannuzzi A, Girasoli L, Grossardt BR, Guidi M, Hagen R, Hanakita S, Hardy DG, Iglesias VC, Jefferies S, Jia H, Kalamarides M, Kanaan IN, Krengli M, Landi A, Lauda L, Lepera D, Lieber S, Lloyd SLK, Lovato A, Maccarrone F, Macfarlane R, Magnan J, Magnoni L, Marchioni D, Marinelli JP, Marioni G, Mastronardi V, Matthies C, Moffat DA, Munari S, Nardone M, Pareschi R, Pavone C, Piccirillo E, Piras G, Presutti L, Restivo G, Reznitsky M, Roca E, Russo A, Sanna M, Sartori L, Scheich M, Shehata-Dieler W, Soloperto D, Sorrentino F, Sterkers O, Taibah A, Tatagiba M, Tealdo G, Vlad D, Wu H, Zanetti D
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2019 Jun;39(SUPPL. 1):S1-S146. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-suppl.1-39-2019. PMID: 31130732Free PMC Article
Nonparaganglioma jugular foramen tumors.
Thomas AJ, Wiggins RH 3rd, Gurgel RK
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2015 Apr;48(2):343-59. Epub 2015 Feb 4 doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2014.12.008. PMID: 25659512
Nonglomic tumors of the jugular foramen: differential diagnosis and prognostic implications.
Guinto G, Kageyama M, Trujillo-Luarca VH, Abdo M, Ruiz-Than A, Romero-Rangel A
World Neurosurg 2014 Dec;82(6):1283-90. Epub 2014 Jul 18 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.07.013. PMID: 25045790
Surgical treatment of jugular foramen schwannomas.
Nowak A, Dziedzic T, Czernicki T, Kunert P, Marchel A
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2014;48(3):188-95. Epub 2014 May 24 doi: 10.1016/j.pjnns.2014.05.004. PMID: 24981183

Clinical prediction guides

Differentiation of Jugular Foramen Paragangliomas versus Schwannomas Using Golden-Angle Radial Sparse Parallel Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI.
Pires A, Nayak G, Zan E, Hagiwara M, Gonen O, Fatterpekar G
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2021 Oct;42(10):1847-1852. Epub 2021 Sep 9 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A7243. PMID: 34503944Free PMC Article
Surgery of the lateral skull base: a 50-year endeavour.
Zanoletti E, Mazzoni A, Martini A, Abbritti RV, Albertini R, Alexandre E, Baro V, Bartolini S, Bernardeschi D, Bivona R, Bonali M, Borghesi I, Borsetto D, Bovo R, Breun M, Calbucci F, Carlson ML, Caruso A, Cayé-Thomasen P, Cazzador D, Champagne PO, Colangeli R, Conte G, D'Avella D, Danesi G, Deantonio L, Denaro L, Di Berardino F, Draghi R, Ebner FH, Favaretto N, Ferri G, Fioravanti A, Froelich S, Giannuzzi A, Girasoli L, Grossardt BR, Guidi M, Hagen R, Hanakita S, Hardy DG, Iglesias VC, Jefferies S, Jia H, Kalamarides M, Kanaan IN, Krengli M, Landi A, Lauda L, Lepera D, Lieber S, Lloyd SLK, Lovato A, Maccarrone F, Macfarlane R, Magnan J, Magnoni L, Marchioni D, Marinelli JP, Marioni G, Mastronardi V, Matthies C, Moffat DA, Munari S, Nardone M, Pareschi R, Pavone C, Piccirillo E, Piras G, Presutti L, Restivo G, Reznitsky M, Roca E, Russo A, Sanna M, Sartori L, Scheich M, Shehata-Dieler W, Soloperto D, Sorrentino F, Sterkers O, Taibah A, Tatagiba M, Tealdo G, Vlad D, Wu H, Zanetti D
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2019 Jun;39(SUPPL. 1):S1-S146. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-suppl.1-39-2019. PMID: 31130732Free PMC Article
Lesions involving the jugular foramen: clinical characteristics and surgical management.
Li W, Dai C
Acta Otolaryngol 2015 Jun;135(6):565-71. Epub 2015 Feb 26 doi: 10.3109/00016489.2014.1003094. PMID: 25719346
Nonparaganglioma jugular foramen tumors.
Thomas AJ, Wiggins RH 3rd, Gurgel RK
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2015 Apr;48(2):343-59. Epub 2015 Feb 4 doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2014.12.008. PMID: 25659512
Microsurgical management of jugular foramen schwannomas.
Sedney CL, Nonaka Y, Bulsara KR, Fukushima T
Neurosurgery 2013 Jan;72(1):42-6; discussion 46. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182770e74. PMID: 23096422

Recent systematic reviews

Lower Cranial Nerve Schwannomas: Cohort Study and Systematic Review.
Carlstrom LP, Bauman MMJ, Oushy S, Perry A, Brown PD, Peris-Celda M, Van Gompel JJ, Graffeo CS, Link MJ
Neurosurgery 2024 Apr 1;94(4):745-755. Epub 2023 Oct 24 doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002735. PMID: 37874134
A proposed classification system for presigmoid approaches: a scoping review.
Hoz SS, Palmisciano P, Albairmani SS, Kaye J, Muthana A, Johnson MD, Doyle EJ, Forbes JA, Prestigiacomo CJ, Samy R, Pensak ML, Zuccarello M, Andaluz N
J Neurosurg 2023 Oct 1;139(4):965-971. Epub 2023 Mar 10 doi: 10.3171/2023.2.JNS222227. PMID: 36905661
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
Anaplastic Hemangiopericytoma of the Jugular Foramen: Case Report and Systematic Review.
Li D, Westfall E, Aasen M, Borys E, Leonetti JP, Anderson DE
World Neurosurg 2021 Sep;153:11-20. Epub 2021 Jun 26 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.06.094. PMID: 34182175

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