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Skull cancer

MedGen UID:
1662558
•Concept ID:
C2062986
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: cancer of skull; malignant neoplasm of skull; Malignant Skull Neoplasm; malignant skull neoplasm; skull cancer
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002132

Definition

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm that affects the bones and structures of the skull. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Sinonasal Tumors.
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
Chiari Malformation (Update on Diagnosis and Treatment).
Rosenblum JS, Pomeraniec IJ, Heiss JD
Neurol Clin 2022 May;40(2):297-307. Epub 2022 Mar 31 doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2021.11.007. PMID: 35465876Free PMC Article
EANO guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of vestibular schwannoma.
Goldbrunner R, Weller M, Regis J, Lund-Johansen M, Stavrinou P, Reuss D, Evans DG, Lefranc F, Sallabanda K, Falini A, Axon P, Sterkers O, Fariselli L, Wick W, Tonn JC
Neuro Oncol 2020 Jan 11;22(1):31-45. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noz153. PMID: 31504802Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

How I do it: lateral approach for craniocervical junction tumors.
Rossmann T, Veldeman M, Nurminen V, Lehecka M
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2023 May;165(5):1315-1322. Epub 2022 Nov 25 doi: 10.1007/s00701-022-05426-0. PMID: 36434269
The epidemiology, surgical management, and impact of margins in skull and mandibular osseous-site tumors.
Torabi SJ, Bourdillon A, Salehi PP, Kafle S, Mehra S, Rahmati R, Judson BL
Head Neck 2020 Nov;42(11):3352-3363. Epub 2020 Aug 2 doi: 10.1002/hed.26389. PMID: 32743892
Fibro-osseous lesions of the craniofacial skeleton: an update.
El-Mofty SK
Head Neck Pathol 2014 Dec;8(4):432-44. Epub 2014 Nov 20 doi: 10.1007/s12105-014-0590-0. PMID: 25409854Free PMC Article
Carcinoma of the nasopharynx.
Chong VF, Fan YF, Mukherji SK
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 1998 Dec;19(6):449-62. doi: 10.1016/s0887-2171(98)90048-8. PMID: 9861663
Growing skull fractures.
Tung MY, Tan KK
Singapore Med J 1993 Oct;34(5):438-41. PMID: 8153694

Diagnosis

Skull Base Parachordoma/Myoepithelioma.
de Cates C, Borsetto D, Scoffings D, O'Donovan D, Donnelly N
J Int Adv Otol 2020 Aug;16(2):278-281. doi: 10.5152/iao.2020.7203. PMID: 32147599Free PMC Article
Raindrop Skull.
Solis F, Gonzalez C
N Engl J Med 2018 May 17;378(20):1930. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm1714471. PMID: 29768151
Imaging of focal calvarial lesions.
Mitra I, Duraiswamy M, Benning J, Joy HM
Clin Radiol 2016 Apr;71(4):389-98. Epub 2016 Feb 10 doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2015.12.010. PMID: 26873626
Imaging for juvenile angiofibroma.
Lloyd G, Howard D, Lund VJ, Savy L
J Laryngol Otol 2000 Sep;114(9):727-30. doi: 10.1258/0022215001906642. PMID: 11091844
The calvarium.
Bourekas EC, Lanzieri CF
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 1994 Dec;15(6):424-53. doi: 10.1016/s0887-2171(05)80016-2. PMID: 7880561

Therapy

Posttreatment Imaging Surveillance.
Farina D, Zorza I, Golemi S, Lombardi D, Borghesi A, Maroldi R, Ravanelli M
Adv Otorhinolaryngol 2020;84:218-230. Epub 2020 Jul 30 doi: 10.1159/000457941. PMID: 32731227
Surgical management of Tuberculum sellae Meningiomas: Myths, facts, and controversies.
Giammattei L, Starnoni D, Cossu G, Bruneau M, Cavallo LM, Cappabianca P, Meling TR, Jouanneau E, Schaller K, Benes V, Froelich S, Berhouma M, Messerer M, Daniel RT
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2020 Mar;162(3):631-640. Epub 2019 Dec 13 doi: 10.1007/s00701-019-04114-w. PMID: 31834502
Temporal bone malignancies.
Gidley PW, DeMonte F
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2013 Jan;24(1):97-110. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2012.08.009. PMID: 23174361
Osteoma of the skull base and sinuses.
Georgalas C, Goudakos J, Fokkens WJ
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2011 Aug;44(4):875-90, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.06.008. PMID: 21819877
Temporal bone resection.
Willging JP, Pensak ML
Ear Nose Throat J 1991 Sep;70(9):612-7. PMID: 1743111

Prognosis

Ewing sarcoma in an infant and review of the literature.
Bedük-Esen ÇS, Gültekin M, Aydın GB, Akyüz C, Oğuz KK, Orhan D, Cengiz M, Gürkaynak M, Yıldız F
Turk J Pediatr 2019;61(5):760-764. doi: 10.24953/turkjped.2019.05.016. PMID: 32105009
Orbital lymphoma.
Olsen TG, Heegaard S
Surv Ophthalmol 2019 Jan-Feb;64(1):45-66. Epub 2018 Aug 23 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2018.08.002. PMID: 30144455
Raindrop Skull.
Solis F, Gonzalez C
N Engl J Med 2018 May 17;378(20):1930. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm1714471. PMID: 29768151
Survival, Morbidity, and Quality-of-Life Outcomes for Sinonasal and Ventral Skull Base Malignancies.
Kilic S, Kilic SS, Baredes S, Liu JK, Eloy JA
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2017 Apr;50(2):467-480. Epub 2017 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2016.12.018. PMID: 28160996
Petroclival lesions.
Spetzler RF, Hamilton MG, Daspit CP
Clin Neurosurg 1994;41:62-82. PMID: 7842625

Clinical prediction guides

Management of Midfacial and Skull Vault Osseous Vascular Lesions.
Ethunandan M
Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am 2024 Feb;36(1):61-72. Epub 2023 Oct 9 doi: 10.1016/j.coms.2023.09.007. PMID: 37821289
Clinoidal meningiomas.
Pamir MN, Özduman K
Handb Clin Neurol 2020;170:25-35. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822198-3.00025-2. PMID: 32586497
Craniofacial fibrous dysplasia.
Hanifi B, Samil KS, Yasar C, Cengiz C, Ercan A, Ramazan D
Clin Imaging 2013 Nov-Dec;37(6):1109-15. Epub 2013 Aug 29 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2013.01.010. PMID: 23993753
Multiple intraosseous meningiomas.
El Mahou S, Popa L, Constantin A, Jamard B, Cantagrel A, Mazieres B, Laroche M
Clin Rheumatol 2006 Jul;25(4):553-4. Epub 2005 Nov 5 doi: 10.1007/s10067-005-0096-y. PMID: 16273308
Imaging for juvenile angiofibroma.
Lloyd G, Howard D, Lund VJ, Savy L
J Laryngol Otol 2000 Sep;114(9):727-30. doi: 10.1258/0022215001906642. PMID: 11091844

Recent systematic reviews

Papilliferous Keratoameloblastoma: Systematic review.
Sachdev SS, Chettiankandy TJ, Adhane YB, Sardar MA, Trimukhe A, Jain R
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Horizontal augmentation techniques in the mandible: a systematic review.
Smeets R, Matthies L, Windisch P, Gosau M, Jung R, Brodala N, Stefanini M, Kleinheinz J, Payer M, Henningsen A, Al-Nawas B, Knipfer C
Int J Implant Dent 2022 May 9;8(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s40729-022-00421-7. PMID: 35532820Free PMC Article
Smoking and Dental Implants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Mustapha AD, Salame Z, Chrcanovic BR
Medicina (Kaunas) 2021 Dec 27;58(1) doi: 10.3390/medicina58010039. PMID: 35056347Free PMC Article
Osteoradionecrosis: Exposing the Evidence Not the Bone.
Frankart AJ, Frankart MJ, Cervenka B, Tang AL, Krishnan DG, Takiar V
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021 Apr 1;109(5):1206-1218. Epub 2021 Jan 4 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.12.043. PMID: 33412258
Diagnosis and management of osteonecrosis of the jaw: a systematic review and international consensus.
Khan AA, Morrison A, Hanley DA, Felsenberg D, McCauley LK, O'Ryan F, Reid IR, Ruggiero SL, Taguchi A, Tetradis S, Watts NB, Brandi ML, Peters E, Guise T, Eastell R, Cheung AM, Morin SN, Masri B, Cooper C, Morgan SL, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Langdahl BL, Al Dabagh R, Davison KS, Kendler DL, Sándor GK, Josse RG, Bhandari M, El Rabbany M, Pierroz DD, Sulimani R, Saunders DP, Brown JP, Compston J; International Task Force on Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
J Bone Miner Res 2015 Jan;30(1):3-23. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.2405. PMID: 25414052

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