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Sphenoidal sinus neoplasm

MedGen UID:
87511
•Concept ID:
C0345676
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Neoplasm of Sphenoid Sinus; neoplasm of sphenoid sinus; Neoplasm of sphenoidal sinus; Neoplasm of Sphenoidal Sinus; neoplasm of sphenoidal sinus; Neoplasm of the Sphenoid Sinus; neoplasm of the sphenoid sinus; Neoplasm of the Sphenoidal Sinus; neoplasm of the sphenoidal sinus; Sphenoid Sinus Neoplasm; sphenoid sinus neoplasm; Sphenoid Sinus Tumor; sphenoid sinus tumor; sphenoid sinus tumour; Sphenoidal Sinus Neoplasm; sphenoidal sinus neoplasm; sphenoidal sinus neoplasm (disease); Sphenoidal Sinus Tumor; sphenoidal sinus tumor; sphenoidal sinus tumour; Tumor of sphenoid sinus; Tumor of Sphenoid Sinus; tumor of sphenoid sinus; Tumor of Sphenoidal Sinus; tumor of sphenoidal sinus; Tumor of the Sphenoid Sinus; tumor of the sphenoid sinus; Tumor of the Sphenoidal Sinus; tumor of the sphenoidal sinus; tumour of sphenoid sinus; tumour of sphenoidal sinus; tumour of the sphenoid sinus; tumour of the sphenoidal sinus
SNOMED CT: Neoplasm of sphenoidal sinus (126679002); Tumor of sphenoid sinus (126679002)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004047

Definition

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the sphenoid sinus. Representative examples of benign neoplasms include Schneiderian papilloma and salivary gland-type adenoma. Representative examples of malignant neoplasms include carcinoma and lymphoma. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

ACR appropriateness criteria(®) nasal cavity and paranasal sinus cancers.
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Management of meningiomas.
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Isolated sphenoid sinus opacification is often asymptomatic and is not referred for otolaryngology consultation.
Ashida N, Maeda Y, Kitamura T, Hayama M, Tsuda T, Nakatani A, Obata S, Takeda K, Akazawa H, Inaba F, Hosomi N, Uno A, Inohara H
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Epignathus: two cases.
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Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2008 Jun;46(4):317-9. Epub 2007 Aug 22 doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.06.012. PMID: 17716791
Isolated sphenoid sinus disease: etiology and management.
Friedman A, Batra PS, Fakhri S, Citardi MJ, Lanza DC
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2005 Oct;133(4):544-50. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.04.023. PMID: 16213927
Transsphenoidal microsurgery.
Ciric I, Rosenblatt S, Zhao JC
Neurosurgery 2002 Jul;51(1):161-9. doi: 10.1097/00006123-200207000-00023. PMID: 12182414
Results of endoscopic sinus surgery for the treatment of inverted papillomas.
Waitz G, Wigand ME
Laryngoscope 1992 Aug;102(8):917-22. doi: 10.1288/00005537-199208000-00012. PMID: 1495356

Diagnosis

Orbital Apex Syndrome.
Borchard NA, Nayak JV
N Engl J Med 2018 Apr 26;378(17):e23. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm1703770. PMID: 29694826
Sphenoidal intracranial chondrosarcoma.
Khan FQ, Mari AR, Afzal R
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2014 Mar;24 Suppl 1:S34-6. PMID: 24717999
Sphenoid sinus mucocele.
Bahgat M, Bahgat Y, Bahgat A
BMJ Case Rep 2012 Oct 22;2012 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007130. PMID: 23093506Free PMC Article
Isolated sphenoid sinus disease: differential diagnosis and management.
Ng YH, Sethi DS
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2011 Feb;19(1):16-20. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32834251d6. PMID: 21178620
Sphenoidotomy.
Ghorayeb BY
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Therapy

IFAR JULY EDITORIAL.
Orlandi RR
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Management of meningiomas.
Alexiou GA, Gogou P, Markoula S, Kyritsis AP
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2010 Apr;112(3):177-82. Epub 2010 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.12.011. PMID: 20056312
Transsphenoidal diplopia.
Foroozan R, Bhatti MT, Rhoton AL
Surv Ophthalmol 2004 May-Jun;49(3):349-58. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2004.02.008. PMID: 15110671
Endoscopic pituitary surgery.
Jho HD
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Prognosis

Orbital Apex Syndrome.
Borchard NA, Nayak JV
N Engl J Med 2018 Apr 26;378(17):e23. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm1703770. PMID: 29694826
Infrasellar craniopharyngioma.
Yu X, Liu R, Wang Y, Wang H, Zhao H, Wu Z
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2012 Feb;114(2):112-9. Epub 2011 Oct 21 doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.09.010. PMID: 22018920
Intrasellar arachnoid cysts.
Dubuisson AS, Stevenaert A, Martin DH, Flandroy PP
Neurosurgery 2007 Sep;61(3):505-13; discussion 513. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000290896.69825.40. PMID: 17881962
Misdiagnosis of olfactory neuroblastoma.
Cohen ZR, Marmor E, Fuller GN, DeMonte F
Neurosurg Focus 2002 May 15;12(5):e3. doi: 10.3171/foc.2002.12.5.4. PMID: 16119901
Results of endoscopic sinus surgery for the treatment of inverted papillomas.
Waitz G, Wigand ME
Laryngoscope 1992 Aug;102(8):917-22. doi: 10.1288/00005537-199208000-00012. PMID: 1495356

Clinical prediction guides

Clinoidal meningiomas.
Pamir MN, Özduman K
Handb Clin Neurol 2020;170:25-35. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822198-3.00025-2. PMID: 32586497
Infrasellar craniopharyngioma.
Yu X, Liu R, Wang Y, Wang H, Zhao H, Wu Z
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2012 Feb;114(2):112-9. Epub 2011 Oct 21 doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.09.010. PMID: 22018920
Mucocoele and mucopyocoele of the frontal sinus penetrating to the cranial cavity and the orbit.
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Meningiomas.
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Orbital pneumosinus dilatans.
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Recent systematic reviews

Overall and disease-specific survival of sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Mauthe T, Holzmann D, Soyka MB, Mueller SA, Balermpas P, Held U, Freiberger SN, Rupp NJ, Meerwein CM
Rhinology 2023 Dec 1;61(6):508-518. doi: 10.4193/Rhin23.204. PMID: 37703531
Isolated sphenoid sinus opacifications: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Moss WJ, Finegersh A, Jafari A, Panuganti B, Coffey CS, DeConde A, Husseman J
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2017 Dec;7(12):1201-1206. Epub 2017 Oct 12 doi: 10.1002/alr.22023. PMID: 29024448
Efficacy of transsphenoidal surgery in achieving biochemical cure of growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas among patients with cavernous sinus invasion: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Briceno V, Zaidi HA, Doucette JA, Onomichi KB, Alreshidi A, Mekary RA, Smith TR
Neurol Res 2017 May;39(5):387-398. Epub 2017 Mar 16 doi: 10.1080/01616412.2017.1296653. PMID: 28301972
Endoscopic Endonasal Versus Microscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery for Recurrent and/or Residual Pituitary Adenomas.
Esquenazi Y, Essayed WI, Singh H, Mauer E, Ahmed M, Christos PJ, Schwartz TH
World Neurosurg 2017 May;101:186-195. Epub 2017 Feb 6 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.01.110. PMID: 28185971Free PMC Article
Isolated sphenoid sinus opacification: A systematic review.
Knisely A, Holmes T, Barham H, Sacks R, Harvey R
Am J Otolaryngol 2017 Mar-Apr;38(2):237-243. Epub 2017 Jan 19 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2017.01.014. PMID: 28129912

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