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ArticleJournal of neurological surgery reports2014

Synchronous esthesioneuroblastoma and growth-hormone-secreting pituitary macroadenoma: combined open and endoscopic management.

Costanza J Valdes, Marc A Tewfik, Marie-Christine Guiot, Salvatore Di Maio

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Article in Journal of neurological surgery reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Costanza J ValdesDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Marc A TewfikDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Marie-Christine GuiotDepartment of Neuropathology, McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Salvatore Di MaioDivision of Neurosurgery, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Jewish General Hospital · CAMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Esthesioneuroblastoma is an uncommon malignant neoplasm that arises from the olfactory neuroepithelium. In this article we report a case of esthesioneuroblastoma presenting concomitantly with a growth-hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary macroadenoma. Results A 52 year old woman underwent surgery for suspected nasal polyps. Intralesional debulking of an intranasal tumor disclosed a low-grade esthesioneuroblastoma. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a large nasal and intracranial tumor, in addition to a separate sellar and suprasellar tumor. The patient was frankly acromegalic. She underwent a first-stage gross total resection of the esthesioneuroblastoma via a combined extended subfrontal and extended endonasal approach, followed by focused radiation therapy. She then returned for endoscopic removal of the GH-secreting pituitary macroadenoma. Conclusion The combined open and endoscopic management of this patient is described and a review of the literature presented. To our knowledge this is the first case of synchronous esthesioneuroblastoma and macroadenoma, in this case GH secreting, described in the literature.

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acromegalycraniofacial resectionendoscopic skull base surgeryesthesioneuroblastomapituitary adenoma

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PMID25485212
PMCPMC4242820
OpenAlexW2091535768

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