Xin Zengfeng, Yao Yihan, Chen Guodi, Wang Liancong, Shu Meibao, Lv Qinghua, Yu Haifeng, Zhang Ting
Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Front Neurol. 2020 May 13;11:355. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00355. eCollection 2020.
Surgical resection has been traditionally used as a treatment for cavernous sinus hemangioma (CSH). However, this is usually difficult due to tumor vascularity and results in complications especially in large and giant CSH (volume >20 cm). Previous studies have reported that radiotherapy (RT) provides an alternative treatment modality for hemangiomas. However, the optimized dose and fractions which control CSH and also protect the cognitive function remain unclear. This study reports our experience in the management of symptomatic large and giant CSH. Fifty-four patients with symptomatic large (20 cm <tumor volume ≤ 40 cm, 3-4 cm in diameter) and giant (tumor volume>40 cm, >4 cm in diameter) CSH were enrolled in a retrospective study between January 2007 and December 2018. The prescription dose to the target margin was 50 Gy in 25 fractions. The mean pre-RT tumor volume was 60.9 cm which ranged from 20.2 to 230.5 cm. The clinical data obtained was analyzed retrospectively following a mean follow-up period of 35.0 months which ranged from 1 to 140 months. All patients experienced tumor shrinkage within 3 months after radiotherapy. There was an average mean tumor reduction of 79.7% (range, 48.4-98.5%) with no patients experiencing tumor progression and recurrence. All the 54 patients experienced symptomatic improvement within 1 month to 12 months after radiotherapy. Within the entire follow up period, no patients experienced any form of permanent complications or symptomatic radiation toxicity. Neurocognitive impairment studies were conducted before and after radiotherapy on 28 patients while the studies were conducted after the last follow up in 40 patients. The cognitive function of all the participants had normal MoCA-scores of 28.25 pre-radiotherapy. The post-treatment MoCA-scores were also clinically stable (28.04, = 0.78), and the average MoCA-score did not show any decline until the last follow-up (27.61, = 0.13). The optimal dose and fractions of radiotherapy treatment for symptomatic large and giant cavernous sinus hemangioma remain unclear. This study, therefore, used a marginal dose of 50 Gy in 25 fractions in radiotherapy and this was proven to be effective and relatively safe in the treatment of symptomatic large and giant CSHs.
手术切除一直是传统的海绵窦血管瘤(CSH)治疗方法。然而,由于肿瘤血管丰富,手术通常很困难,并且会导致并发症,尤其是在大型和巨大型CSH(体积>20 cm)中。先前的研究报告称,放射治疗(RT)为血管瘤提供了另一种治疗方式。然而,控制CSH并保护认知功能的最佳剂量和分割次数仍不清楚。本研究报告了我们对有症状的大型和巨大型CSH的治疗经验。2007年1月至2018年12月期间,对54例有症状的大型(20 cm<肿瘤体积≤40 cm,直径3 - 4 cm)和巨大型(肿瘤体积>40 cm,直径>4 cm)CSH患者进行了一项回顾性研究。靶区边缘的处方剂量为50 Gy,分25次给予。放疗前肿瘤平均体积为60.9 cm,范围为20.2至230.5 cm。在平均35.0个月(范围1至140个月)的随访期后,对获得的临床数据进行回顾性分析。所有患者在放疗后3个月内均出现肿瘤缩小。肿瘤平均缩小率为79.7%(范围48.4 - 98.5%),无患者出现肿瘤进展和复发。54例患者在放疗后1个月至12个月内症状均有改善。在整个随访期内,无患者出现任何形式的永久性并发症或有症状的放射毒性。对28例患者在放疗前后进行了神经认知功能损害研究,对40例患者在最后一次随访后进行了研究。所有参与者放疗前的蒙特利尔认知评估量表(MoCA)得分正常,为28.25。治疗后的MoCA得分在临床上也很稳定(28.04,标准差 = 0.78),直到最后一次随访(27.61,标准差 = 0.13),平均MoCA得分均未显示任何下降。对于有症状的大型和巨大型海绵窦血管瘤,放射治疗的最佳剂量和分割次数仍不清楚。因此,本研究在放射治疗中使用了50 Gy分25次的边缘剂量,事实证明这在治疗有症状的大型和巨大型CSH时是有效且相对安全的。