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Malignant Sinonasal Soft Tissue Neoplasm

MedGen UID:
1750568
•Concept ID:
C5420082
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A malignant mesenchymal neoplasm that arises from the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Soft Tissue Special Issue: Biphenotypic Sinonasal Sarcoma: A Review with Emphasis on Differential Diagnosis.
Gross J, Fritchie K
Head Neck Pathol 2020 Mar;14(1):33-42. Epub 2020 Jan 16 doi: 10.1007/s12105-019-01092-4. PMID: 31950469Free PMC Article
Clinical Utility of In Situ Hybridization Assays in Head and Neck Neoplasms.
Luk PP, Selinger CI, Cooper WA, Mahar A, Palme CE, O'Toole SA, Clark JR, Gupta R
Head Neck Pathol 2019 Sep;13(3):397-414. Epub 2018 Nov 22 doi: 10.1007/s12105-018-0988-1. PMID: 30467669Free PMC Article
Management of adult soft tissue sarcomas of the head and neck.
de Bree R, van der Waal I, de Bree E, Leemans CR
Oral Oncol 2010 Nov;46(11):786-90. Epub 2010 Oct 13 doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.09.001. PMID: 20947413

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clinicopathological Features and Prognostic Factors of Sinonasal Rhabdomyosarcoma.
Lo WL, Huang WH, Yeh CF
In Vivo 2022 Nov-Dec;36(6):2965-2972. doi: 10.21873/invivo.13040. PMID: 36309350Free PMC Article
MRI of Sinonasal Malignancies.
Famuyide A, Juliano A, Moonis G
Top Magn Reson Imaging 2021 Jun 1;30(3):139-149. doi: 10.1097/RMR.0000000000000288. PMID: 34096897
Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry for Soft Tissue and Bone Tumors: An Update.
Schaefer IM, Hornick JL
Adv Anat Pathol 2018 Nov;25(6):400-412. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000204. PMID: 30134255Free PMC Article
Management of adult soft tissue sarcomas of the head and neck.
de Bree R, van der Waal I, de Bree E, Leemans CR
Oral Oncol 2010 Nov;46(11):786-90. Epub 2010 Oct 13 doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.09.001. PMID: 20947413
Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma.
Su YY, Friedman M, Huang CC, Wilson M, Lin HC
Am J Otolaryngol 2010 Jul-Aug;31(4):300-3. Epub 2009 May 19 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.02.022. PMID: 20015764

Diagnosis

Update from the 5th Edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumors: Nasal Cavity, Paranasal Sinuses and Skull Base.
Thompson LDR, Bishop JA
Head Neck Pathol 2022 Mar;16(1):1-18. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1007/s12105-021-01406-5. PMID: 35312976Free PMC Article
Soft Tissue Special Issue: Biphenotypic Sinonasal Sarcoma: A Review with Emphasis on Differential Diagnosis.
Gross J, Fritchie K
Head Neck Pathol 2020 Mar;14(1):33-42. Epub 2020 Jan 16 doi: 10.1007/s12105-019-01092-4. PMID: 31950469Free PMC Article
Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry for Soft Tissue and Bone Tumors: An Update.
Schaefer IM, Hornick JL
Adv Anat Pathol 2018 Nov;25(6):400-412. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000204. PMID: 30134255Free PMC Article
Distinctive Head and Neck Bone and Soft Tissue Neoplasms.
Purgina B, Lai CK
Surg Pathol Clin 2017 Mar;10(1):223-279. doi: 10.1016/j.path.2016.11.003. PMID: 28153134
Sinonasal glomangiopericytoma.
Arpaci RB, Kara T, Vayisoğlu Y, Ozgur A, Ozcan C
J Craniofac Surg 2012 Jul;23(4):1194-6. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31824e6d09. PMID: 22801124

Therapy

Surgical Treatment and Outcomes for Sinonasal and Skull Base Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumors.
Tang R, Mao S, Lin H, Ye HB, Li DW, Chen ZN, Su KM, Zhang WT
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2020 May;162(5):674-682. Epub 2020 Mar 3 doi: 10.1177/0194599820904055. PMID: 32122245
Is ethmoidal adenocarcinoma screening in employees exposed to wood dust justified?
De Gabory L, Conso F, Krief P, Stoll D
Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) 2008;129(4-5):219-26. PMID: 19408499
Perineural spread of malignant melanoma of the head and neck: clinical and imaging features.
Chang PC, Fischbein NJ, McCalmont TH, Kashani-Sabet M, Zettersten EM, Liu AY, Weissman JL
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2004 Jan;25(1):5-11. PMID: 14729519Free PMC Article
Ewing sarcoma and sinonasal neuroectodermal tumors as second malignant tumors after retinoblastoma and other neoplasms.
Cope JU, Tsokos M, Miller RW
Med Pediatr Oncol 2001 Feb;36(2):290-4. doi: 10.1002/1096-911X(20010201)36:2<290::AID-MPO1067>3.0.CO;2-5. PMID: 11452937
Women at work: agriculture and pesticides.
McDuffie HH
J Occup Med 1994 Nov;36(11):1240-6. doi: 10.1097/00043764-199411000-00012. PMID: 7861269

Prognosis

Clinicopathological Features and Prognostic Factors of Sinonasal Rhabdomyosarcoma.
Lo WL, Huang WH, Yeh CF
In Vivo 2022 Nov-Dec;36(6):2965-2972. doi: 10.21873/invivo.13040. PMID: 36309350Free PMC Article
Clinical Utility of In Situ Hybridization Assays in Head and Neck Neoplasms.
Luk PP, Selinger CI, Cooper WA, Mahar A, Palme CE, O'Toole SA, Clark JR, Gupta R
Head Neck Pathol 2019 Sep;13(3):397-414. Epub 2018 Nov 22 doi: 10.1007/s12105-018-0988-1. PMID: 30467669Free PMC Article
SMARCB1-deficient Tumors of Childhood: A Practical Guide.
Pawel BR
Pediatr Dev Pathol 2018 Jan-Feb;21(1):6-28. Epub 2017 Dec 27 doi: 10.1177/1093526617749671. PMID: 29280680
Soft tissue tumors of the sinonasal tract.
Johncilla M, Jo VY
Semin Diagn Pathol 2016 Mar;33(2):81-90. Epub 2015 Sep 9 doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2015.09.009. PMID: 26472693
Management of adult soft tissue sarcomas of the head and neck.
de Bree R, van der Waal I, de Bree E, Leemans CR
Oral Oncol 2010 Nov;46(11):786-90. Epub 2010 Oct 13 doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.09.001. PMID: 20947413

Clinical prediction guides

Molecular pathology in diagnosis and prognostication of head and neck tumors.
Skálová A, Bradová M, Michal M Jr, Mosaieby E, Klubíčková N, Vaněček T, Leivo I
Virchows Arch 2024 Feb;484(2):215-231. Epub 2024 Jan 13 doi: 10.1007/s00428-023-03731-2. PMID: 38217715Free PMC Article
Clinicopathological Features and Prognostic Factors of Sinonasal Rhabdomyosarcoma.
Lo WL, Huang WH, Yeh CF
In Vivo 2022 Nov-Dec;36(6):2965-2972. doi: 10.21873/invivo.13040. PMID: 36309350Free PMC Article
Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry for Soft Tissue and Bone Tumors: An Update.
Schaefer IM, Hornick JL
Adv Anat Pathol 2018 Nov;25(6):400-412. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000204. PMID: 30134255Free PMC Article
Hemangiopericytoma: histopathological pattern or clinicopathologic entity?
Nappi O, Ritter JH, Pettinato G, Wick MR
Semin Diagn Pathol 1995 Aug;12(3):221-32. PMID: 8545589
Women at work: agriculture and pesticides.
McDuffie HH
J Occup Med 1994 Nov;36(11):1240-6. doi: 10.1097/00043764-199411000-00012. PMID: 7861269

Recent systematic reviews

CT and MRI Findings of Glomangiopericytoma in the Head and Neck: Case Series Study and Systematic Review.
Suh CH, Lee JH, Lee MK, Cho SJ, Chung SR, Choi YJ, Baek JH
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020 Jan;41(1):155-159. Epub 2019 Dec 5 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6336. PMID: 31806599Free PMC Article
Management of sinonasal hemangiopericytomas: a systematic review.
Dahodwala MQ, Husain Q, Kanumuri VV, Choudhry OJ, Liu JK, Eloy JA
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2013 Jul;3(7):581-7. Epub 2013 Feb 6 doi: 10.1002/alr.21139. PMID: 23389865

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