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Chapter-062 Anterior Skull Base Tumors

BOOK TITLE: Head & Neck Surgery (2 Volumes)

Author
1. Jain George P
2. Vrionis Frank D
ISBN
9788184486797
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10351_62
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2009
Pages
11
Author Affiliations
1. H.Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida College of Medicine Tampa, Florida, USA
2. H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA, University of South Florida College of Medicine Neuro-oncology Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
Chapter keywords
anterior skull base tumors, anterior cranial fossa, frontal bone, crista galli, anterior clinoid process, cribriform plate, enolase, chromographine, synaptosin, nasal cavity, ethmoid sinuses

Abstract

This chapter discusses anterior skull base tumors, where anterior cranial fossa (ACF) is bound anteriorly by the frontal bone, inferiorly by the orbital roofs, posterior laterally by the greater wing of the sphenoid, and posterior medially by the lesser wing of the sphenoid and anterior clinoid process. The crista galli is an osseous ridge arising from the midline of the ethmoid bone, where planum sphenoidale and the lesser wing of the sphenoid constitute the posterior floor of the anterior cranial fossa behind the cribriform plate. The lesions of the ACF can be broadly divided into congenital, inflammatory, traumatic and neoplastic, where the tumor cells are usually positive for neuron specific enolase, chromographine, synaptosin and Leu-7. Adenocarcinomas occur in approximately 35 percent and primarily arise in the ethmoid sinuses or in the upper nasal cavity.

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