Sivakumar Walavan, Oh Nathan, Cutler Aaron, Colman Howard, Couldwell William T
Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA.
Department of Neurosurgery, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California 92354, USA.
Surg Neurol Int. 2015 Nov 25;6(Suppl 25):S628-32. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.170464. eCollection 2015.
Esthesioneuroblastoma is a locally aggressive cancer of the nasal cavity. While systemic metastasis can occur in 10-30% of patients, there are only six reported cases of distal metastasis from leptomeningeal dissemination.
The authors report two cases of esthesioneuroblastoma treated previously with multimodal therapy in which distal metastatic recurrence was found and describe their treatment protocol, which has resulted in long-term success.
Understanding the drivers of leptomeningeal dissemination in more prevalent primary neuroectodermal tumors may hold the key to developing successful treatment algorithms for this disease.
嗅神经母细胞瘤是鼻腔的一种局部侵袭性癌症。虽然10% - 30%的患者可能发生全身转移,但仅有6例经软脑膜播散导致远处转移的报道。
作者报告了2例先前接受多模式治疗的嗅神经母细胞瘤病例,其中发现了远处转移性复发,并描述了他们的治疗方案,该方案已取得长期成功。
了解更常见的原发性神经外胚层肿瘤中软脑膜播散的驱动因素可能是开发该疾病成功治疗算法的关键。