| Literature DB >> 31037204 |
Mehdi Borni1, Brahim Kammoun1, Fatma Kolsi1, Mohamed Zaher Boudawara1.
Abstract
Esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB) is a rare malignant tumor accounting for 3% of all sinonasal cancers. It arises from the olfactory epithelium and usually affects subjects aged 30-50 years. It is uncommon in children. It is often diagnosed late because tumor remains confined to its original site for long and prognosis depends on locoregional extension (in particular to the brain and the orbital regions). We report the case of a 3-year old child with sphenoidal esthesioneuroblastoma discovered after early onset blindness. This study aims to highlight the clinical, radiological, anatomopathological, therapeutic and prognostic peculiarities of this disease while insisting on the importance of early diagnosis affecting prognosis. Unfortunately, diagnosis is still pejorative due to high recidivism rates as well as to the occurrence of distant metastases (in particular lung and bone metastases).Entities:
Keywords: Esthesioneuroblastoma; chemotherapy; excision; radiotherapy
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Year: 2018 PMID: 31037204 PMCID: PMC6462382 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2018.31.144.16807
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1IRM en séquence T1, T2, avec gadolinium et T2 Flair montrant la lésion osseuse de remplacement médullaire en hypo signal T1 et hyper signal T2, avec des spots spontanément hyper intenses refoulant le chiasma optique et s’étend vers la fissure orbitaire engainant les deux nerfs optiques. Latéralement, elle envahit le sinus caverneux gauche. En avant, elle envahit les cellules ethmoïdales et les fosses nasales refoulant la lame orbitaire interne droite