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Benign Skull Base Neoplasm

MedGen UID:
1649349
Concept ID:
C4744381
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A neoplasm that arises the skull base and is characterized by the absence of atypical or malignant cytological and architectural features, and absence of invasive features or metastatic potential. [from NCI]

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PubMed

Kuan EC, Wang EW, Adappa ND, Beswick DM, London NR Jr, Su SY, Wang MB, Abuzeid WM, Alexiev B, Alt JA, Antognoni P, Alonso-Basanta M, Batra PS, Bhayani M, Bell D, Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Betz CS, Blay JY, Bleier BS, Bonilla-Velez J, Callejas C, Carrau RL, Casiano RR, Castelnuovo P, Chandra RK, Chatzinakis V, Chen SB, Chiu AG, Choby G, Chowdhury NI, Citardi MJ, Cohen MA, Dagan R, Dalfino G, Dallan I, Dassi CS, de Almeida J, Dei Tos AP, DelGaudio JM, Ebert CS, El-Sayed IH, Eloy JA, Evans JJ, Fang CH, Farrell NF, Ferrari M, Fischbein N, Folbe A, Fokkens WJ, Fox MG, Lund VJ, Gallia GL, Gardner PA, Geltzeiler M, Georgalas C, Getz AE, Govindaraj S, Gray ST, Grayson JW, Gross BA, Grube JG, Guo R, Ha PK, Halderman AA, Hanna EY, Harvey RJ, Hernandez SC, Holtzman AL, Hopkins C, Huang Z, Huang Z, Humphreys IM, Hwang PH, Iloreta AM, Ishii M, Ivan ME, Jafari A, Kennedy DW, Khan M, Kimple AJ, Kingdom TT, Knisely A, Kuo YJ, Lal D, Lamarre ED, Lan MY, Le H, Lechner M, Lee NY, Lee JK, Lee VH, Levine CG, Lin JC, Lin DT, Lobo BC, Locke T, Luong AU, Magliocca KR, Markovic SN, Matnjani G, McKean EL, Meço C, Mendenhall WM, Michel L, Na'ara S, Nicolai P, Nuss DW, Nyquist GG, Oakley GM, Omura K, Orlandi RR, Otori N, Papagiannopoulos P, Patel ZM, Pfister DG, Phan J, Psaltis AJ, Rabinowitz MR, Ramanathan M Jr, Rimmer R, Rosen MR, Sanusi O, Sargi ZB, Schafhausen P, Schlosser RJ, Sedaghat AR, Senior BA, Shrivastava R, Sindwani R, Smith TL, Smith KA, Snyderman CH, Solares CA, Sreenath SB, Stamm A, Stölzel K, Sumer B, Surda P, Tajudeen BA, Thompson LDR, Thorp BD, Tong CCL, Tsang RK, Turner JH, Turri-Zanoni M, Udager AM, van Zele T, VanKoevering K, Welch KC, Wise SK, Witterick IJ, Won TB, Wong SN, Woodworth BA, Wormald PJ, Yao WC, Yeh CF, Zhou B, Palmer JN
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2024 Feb;14(2):149-608. Epub 2024 Jan 2 doi: 10.1002/alr.23262. PMID: 37658764
Diaz MJ, Kwak SH, Root KT, Fadil A, Nguyen A, Ladehoff L, Batchu S, Lucke-Wold B
Front Biosci (Landmark Ed) 2022 Dec 21;27(12):328. doi: 10.31083/j.fbl2712328. PMID: 36624954
Apra C, Peyre M, Kalamarides M
Expert Rev Neurother 2018 Mar;18(3):241-249. Epub 2018 Jan 22 doi: 10.1080/14737175.2018.1429920. PMID: 29338455

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Kuan EC, Wang EW, Adappa ND, Beswick DM, London NR Jr, Su SY, Wang MB, Abuzeid WM, Alexiev B, Alt JA, Antognoni P, Alonso-Basanta M, Batra PS, Bhayani M, Bell D, Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Betz CS, Blay JY, Bleier BS, Bonilla-Velez J, Callejas C, Carrau RL, Casiano RR, Castelnuovo P, Chandra RK, Chatzinakis V, Chen SB, Chiu AG, Choby G, Chowdhury NI, Citardi MJ, Cohen MA, Dagan R, Dalfino G, Dallan I, Dassi CS, de Almeida J, Dei Tos AP, DelGaudio JM, Ebert CS, El-Sayed IH, Eloy JA, Evans JJ, Fang CH, Farrell NF, Ferrari M, Fischbein N, Folbe A, Fokkens WJ, Fox MG, Lund VJ, Gallia GL, Gardner PA, Geltzeiler M, Georgalas C, Getz AE, Govindaraj S, Gray ST, Grayson JW, Gross BA, Grube JG, Guo R, Ha PK, Halderman AA, Hanna EY, Harvey RJ, Hernandez SC, Holtzman AL, Hopkins C, Huang Z, Huang Z, Humphreys IM, Hwang PH, Iloreta AM, Ishii M, Ivan ME, Jafari A, Kennedy DW, Khan M, Kimple AJ, Kingdom TT, Knisely A, Kuo YJ, Lal D, Lamarre ED, Lan MY, Le H, Lechner M, Lee NY, Lee JK, Lee VH, Levine CG, Lin JC, Lin DT, Lobo BC, Locke T, Luong AU, Magliocca KR, Markovic SN, Matnjani G, McKean EL, Meço C, Mendenhall WM, Michel L, Na'ara S, Nicolai P, Nuss DW, Nyquist GG, Oakley GM, Omura K, Orlandi RR, Otori N, Papagiannopoulos P, Patel ZM, Pfister DG, Phan J, Psaltis AJ, Rabinowitz MR, Ramanathan M Jr, Rimmer R, Rosen MR, Sanusi O, Sargi ZB, Schafhausen P, Schlosser RJ, Sedaghat AR, Senior BA, Shrivastava R, Sindwani R, Smith TL, Smith KA, Snyderman CH, Solares CA, Sreenath SB, Stamm A, Stölzel K, Sumer B, Surda P, Tajudeen BA, Thompson LDR, Thorp BD, Tong CCL, Tsang RK, Turner JH, Turri-Zanoni M, Udager AM, van Zele T, VanKoevering K, Welch KC, Wise SK, Witterick IJ, Won TB, Wong SN, Woodworth BA, Wormald PJ, Yao WC, Yeh CF, Zhou B, Palmer JN
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2024 Feb;14(2):149-608. Epub 2024 Jan 2 doi: 10.1002/alr.23262. PMID: 37658764
Lin M, Nguyen V, Mack WJ
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2023 Jul;34(3):371-380. Epub 2023 Apr 12 doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2023.02.008. PMID: 37210126
Graillon T, Regis J, Barlier A, Brue T, Dufour H, Buchfelder M
Neuroendocrinology 2020;110(9-10):780-796. Epub 2020 Jun 3 doi: 10.1159/000509090. PMID: 32492684
Apra C, Peyre M, Kalamarides M
Expert Rev Neurother 2018 Mar;18(3):241-249. Epub 2018 Jan 22 doi: 10.1080/14737175.2018.1429920. PMID: 29338455
Marosi C, Hassler M, Roessler K, Reni M, Sant M, Mazza E, Vecht C
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2008 Aug;67(2):153-71. Epub 2008 Mar 14 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008.01.010. PMID: 18342535

Diagnosis

Tirabosco R, O'Donnell P, Flanagan AM
Surg Pathol Clin 2021 Dec;14(4):619-643. Epub 2021 Jul 28 doi: 10.1016/j.path.2021.06.006. PMID: 34742484
Chapman PR, Singhal A, Gaddamanugu S, Prattipati V
Radiol Clin North Am 2020 Nov;58(6):1115-1133. Epub 2020 Sep 17 doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2020.07.009. PMID: 33040852
Chen R, Aghi MK
Handb Clin Neurol 2020;170:233-244. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822198-3.00043-4. PMID: 32586495
Graillon T, Regis J, Barlier A, Brue T, Dufour H, Buchfelder M
Neuroendocrinology 2020;110(9-10):780-796. Epub 2020 Jun 3 doi: 10.1159/000509090. PMID: 32492684
Marosi C, Hassler M, Roessler K, Reni M, Sant M, Mazza E, Vecht C
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2008 Aug;67(2):153-71. Epub 2008 Mar 14 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008.01.010. PMID: 18342535

Therapy

Sharin F, Pai A, Mair M
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023 Aug 1;31(4):269-275. Epub 2023 May 3 doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000900. PMID: 37144500
Graillon T, Tabouret E, Salgues B, Horowitz T, Padovani L, Appay R, Farah K, Dufour H, Régis J, Guedj E, Barlier A, Chinot O
Rev Neurol (Paris) 2023 Jun;179(5):449-463. Epub 2023 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2023.03.006. PMID: 36959063
Walz PC, Drapeau A, Shaikhouni A, Eide J, Rugino AJ, Mohyeldin A, Carrau R, Prevedello D
Childs Nerv Syst 2019 Nov;35(11):2107-2118. Epub 2019 Jul 13 doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04293-y. PMID: 31302729
Minniti G, Amichetti M, Enrici RM
Radiat Oncol 2009 Oct 14;4:42. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-4-42. PMID: 19828022Free PMC Article
Marosi C, Hassler M, Roessler K, Reni M, Sant M, Mazza E, Vecht C
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2008 Aug;67(2):153-71. Epub 2008 Mar 14 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008.01.010. PMID: 18342535

Prognosis

Tirabosco R, O'Donnell P, Flanagan AM
Surg Pathol Clin 2021 Dec;14(4):619-643. Epub 2021 Jul 28 doi: 10.1016/j.path.2021.06.006. PMID: 34742484
Rooper LM, Agaimy A, Dickson BC, Dueber JC, Eberhart CG, Gagan J, Hartmann A, Khararjian A, London NR, MacMillan CM, Palsgrove DN, Nix JS, Sandison A, Stoehr R, Truong T, Weinreb I, Bishop JA
Am J Surg Pathol 2021 Dec 1;45(12):1682-1693. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001741. PMID: 34049316
Asha MJ, Oswari S, Takami H, Velasquez C, Almeida JP, Gentili F
World Neurosurg 2020 Oct;142:593-600. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.05.172. PMID: 32987615
Apra C, Peyre M, Kalamarides M
Expert Rev Neurother 2018 Mar;18(3):241-249. Epub 2018 Jan 22 doi: 10.1080/14737175.2018.1429920. PMID: 29338455
Marosi C, Hassler M, Roessler K, Reni M, Sant M, Mazza E, Vecht C
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2008 Aug;67(2):153-71. Epub 2008 Mar 14 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008.01.010. PMID: 18342535

Clinical prediction guides

Graillon T, Tabouret E, Salgues B, Horowitz T, Padovani L, Appay R, Farah K, Dufour H, Régis J, Guedj E, Barlier A, Chinot O
Rev Neurol (Paris) 2023 Jun;179(5):449-463. Epub 2023 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2023.03.006. PMID: 36959063
Hollon T, Fredrickson V, Couldwell WT
World Neurosurg 2022 May;161:396-404. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.10.184. PMID: 35505559
Snyderman CH, Lavigne P
Adv Otorhinolaryngol 2020;84:106-113. Epub 2020 Jul 30 doi: 10.1159/000457930. PMID: 32731223
Graillon T, Regis J, Barlier A, Brue T, Dufour H, Buchfelder M
Neuroendocrinology 2020;110(9-10):780-796. Epub 2020 Jun 3 doi: 10.1159/000509090. PMID: 32492684
Apra C, Peyre M, Kalamarides M
Expert Rev Neurother 2018 Mar;18(3):241-249. Epub 2018 Jan 22 doi: 10.1080/14737175.2018.1429920. PMID: 29338455

Recent systematic reviews

Brown NJ, Gendreau J, Kuo CC, Nguyen O, Yang C, Catapano JS, Lawton MT
J Neurooncol 2023 Oct;165(1):41-51. Epub 2023 Oct 25 doi: 10.1007/s11060-023-04477-2. PMID: 37880419
Piperno G, Ferrari A, Volpe S, Cattani F, Zaffaroni M, Comi S, Pansini F, Bergamaschi L, Mazzola GC, Ceci F, Colandrea M, Petralia G, Orecchia R, Jereczek-Fossa BA, Alterio D
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2023 Nov;191:104114. Epub 2023 Sep 6 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2023.104114. PMID: 37683814
Borg A, Kirkman MA, Choi D
World Neurosurg 2016 Nov;95:383-391. Epub 2016 Mar 4 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.12.105. PMID: 26960277
Englot DJ, Magill ST, Han SJ, Chang EF, Berger MS, McDermott MW
J Neurosurg 2016 Jun;124(6):1552-61. Epub 2015 Dec 4 doi: 10.3171/2015.4.JNS142742. PMID: 26636386Free PMC Article
Desai SV, Spinazzi EF, Fang CH, Huang G, Tomovic S, Liu JK, Baredes S, Eloy JA
Laryngoscope 2015 Apr;125(4):813-21. Epub 2014 Nov 6 doi: 10.1002/lary.24993. PMID: 25376630

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