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Endolymphatic Sac Tumors

Built from Haynes-Glasscock-Shambaugh Surgery of the Ear, Seventh Edition

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12 sections · 90 slides

  1. 01

    Overview

    • Scope of this presentation

    1 slide

  2. 02

    Definition and historical background

    • Definition and site of origin
    • Evolution of nomenclature
    • Early descriptions of adenomatous temporal bone tumours
    • Megerian 1995 temporal bone series
    • Significance of the temporal bone findings

    5 slides

  3. 03

    Clinical presentation

    • Epidemiology of sporadic tumours
    • Cochleovestibular symptoms at presentation
    • Mechanisms of hearing loss
    • Mimicry of Meniere disease
    • Cranial neuropathies and diagnostic delay
    • Routes of local extension
    • Consequences of advanced local extension
    • Drop metastasis and cerebrospinal fluid cytology

    8 slides

  4. 04

    Association with von Hippel-Lindau disease

    • Von Hippel-Lindau disease overview
    • von Hippel-Lindau-related tumours
    • VHL-associated tumours on contrast MRI
    • VHL-associated ELST phenotype
    • VHL gene and protein
    • pVHL, hypoxia inducible factor and tumorigenesis

    6 slides

  5. 05

    Histology and immunohistochemistry

    • Gross and microscopic features
    • Papillary and follicular patterns compared
    • Resected sac tumour and its papillary histology
    • Histological differential diagnosis
    • Immunohistochemical profile of ELST
    • Endolymphatic sac tumor differential diagnosis and immunohistochemical stains

    6 slides

  6. 06

    Imaging

    • Computed tomography features
    • Posterior fossa plate erosion on computed tomography
    • Magnetic resonance imaging features
    • Intralabyrinthine haemorrhage on MRI
    • Heterogeneous mastoid enhancement on contrast MRI
    • Somatostatin receptor imaging
    • Blood supply and preoperative embolization
    • Radiological differential diagnosis

    8 slides

  7. 07

    Staging and surveillance

    • Bambakidis and Megerian grading system
    • Grading and treatment system for endolymphatic sac tumors
    • Grade at diagnosis in VHL versus sporadic disease
    • Surveillance practice in von Hippel-Lindau disease
    • Subclinical disease in von Hippel-Lindau disease

    5 slides

  8. 08

    Surgical management

    • Principles of surgical management
    • Retrolabyrinthine-transdural approach: positioning and exposure
    • Retrolabyrinthine-transdural approach: resection
    • Retrolabyrinthine-transdural approach: reconstruction
    • Retrolabyrinthine-transdural approach for hearing preservation
    • Operative sequence of hearing preservation resection
    • Limitations of more conservative approaches
    • Approach selection by hearing and tumour extent
    • Cochlear implantation in endolymphatic sac tumour

    9 slides

  9. 09

    Outcomes of microsurgery

    • Limitations of the outcome evidence
    • House Ear Clinic surgical series
    • Functional outcomes in the House Ear Clinic series
    • Complications of surgery
    • Pooled microsurgical tumour control
    • Microsurgical results for endolymphatic sac tumors
    • Open question in hearing preservation

    7 slides

  10. 10

    Radiation and systemic therapy

    • Overall radiotherapy tumour control
    • External beam radiation versus stereotactic radiation
    • Summary of external beam versus stereotactic radiosurgery outcomes
    • Indications for radiation therapy
    • Patterns of recurrence and adjuvant strategy
    • Chemotherapy and future systemic options

    6 slides

  11. 11

    Multidisciplinary care in von Hippel-Lindau disease

    • Multidisciplinary management of VHL
    • Craniospinal haemangioblastoma in von Hippel-Lindau disease
    • Prognostic value of the peritumoral cyst
    • Hearing rehabilitation in bilateral disease

    4 slides

  12. 12

    Summary

    • Key clinical messages
    • Key management messages
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    14 slides