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Combined petrosal approach for resection of petroclival chondrosarcoma: Microsurgical 2-D video
BACKGROUND: Petroclival lesions pose a significant neurosurgical challenge due to involvement or close proximity to important neurovascular structures. Chondrosarcomas are rare lesions that can affect these areas. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 24-year-old male with 3 months history of poor coordination, imbal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7265404/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32782852 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_121_2020 |
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author | Lopez-Gonzalez, Miguel Angel Eastin, Timothy Marc Ramanathan, Dinesh Minwoo, Song Choudhury, Baishakhi |
author_facet | Lopez-Gonzalez, Miguel Angel Eastin, Timothy Marc Ramanathan, Dinesh Minwoo, Song Choudhury, Baishakhi |
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description | BACKGROUND: Petroclival lesions pose a significant neurosurgical challenge due to involvement or close proximity to important neurovascular structures. Chondrosarcomas are rare lesions that can affect these areas. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 24-year-old male with 3 months history of poor coordination, imbalance, left-sided face hypoesthesia, facial palsy House-Brackmann Grade 2, and 6(th) cranial nerve palsy with diplopia. Hearing was preserved. Preoperative images showed a 5.5 cm multilobulated enhancing extra-axial mass centered in the left petroclival region with extension into middle and posterior fossa causing severe (Stage 3) brainstem compression.([1]) After a lengthy discussion of treatment options, the patient consented for the procedure. We performed a presigmoid retrolabyrinthine combined petrosal approach. We used cranial nerves monitoring (VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII), frameless stereotaxy, and a lumbar drain. Due to the tumor size and location (petroclival region with extension into the posterior and middle cranial fossa), we chose this approach to achieve a maximal safe resection of the tumor and preserve hearing. Alternative approaches of use are expanded middle fossa with transcavernous extension or expanded endonasal approach. The selected approach achieved wide exposure of the tumor which was highly vascular. The tumor was carefully dissected off the brainstem, cranial nerves (IV, V, VI, VII, VIII), and basilar artery trunk. A gross total resection was achieved (Multimedia 1). The patient did well after surgery and was extubated on postoperative day (POD) 1 and the lumbar drain removed on POD 5. Pathology reported low-grade chondrosarcoma (WHO grade I). At 3 months follow-up, the patient improved neurologically, including facial nerve weakness (House-Brackmann Grade 1) except for his left 6(th) cranial nerve palsy which mildly improved. CONCLUSION: Petroclival chondrosarcomas are rare tumors that are usually treated with surgical resection followed by stereotactic radiosurgery. The tumor size, location, and extension dictate approach selection. For lesions involving the petroclival region with extension into the middle fossa and posterior fossa, the combined petrosal approach is reasonable. |
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spelling | pubmed-72654042020-06-02 Combined petrosal approach for resection of petroclival chondrosarcoma: Microsurgical 2-D video Lopez-Gonzalez, Miguel Angel Eastin, Timothy Marc Ramanathan, Dinesh Minwoo, Song Choudhury, Baishakhi Surg Neurol Int Video Abstract BACKGROUND: Petroclival lesions pose a significant neurosurgical challenge due to involvement or close proximity to important neurovascular structures. Chondrosarcomas are rare lesions that can affect these areas. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 24-year-old male with 3 months history of poor coordination, imbalance, left-sided face hypoesthesia, facial palsy House-Brackmann Grade 2, and 6(th) cranial nerve palsy with diplopia. Hearing was preserved. Preoperative images showed a 5.5 cm multilobulated enhancing extra-axial mass centered in the left petroclival region with extension into middle and posterior fossa causing severe (Stage 3) brainstem compression.([1]) After a lengthy discussion of treatment options, the patient consented for the procedure. We performed a presigmoid retrolabyrinthine combined petrosal approach. We used cranial nerves monitoring (VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII), frameless stereotaxy, and a lumbar drain. Due to the tumor size and location (petroclival region with extension into the posterior and middle cranial fossa), we chose this approach to achieve a maximal safe resection of the tumor and preserve hearing. Alternative approaches of use are expanded middle fossa with transcavernous extension or expanded endonasal approach. The selected approach achieved wide exposure of the tumor which was highly vascular. The tumor was carefully dissected off the brainstem, cranial nerves (IV, V, VI, VII, VIII), and basilar artery trunk. A gross total resection was achieved (Multimedia 1). The patient did well after surgery and was extubated on postoperative day (POD) 1 and the lumbar drain removed on POD 5. Pathology reported low-grade chondrosarcoma (WHO grade I). At 3 months follow-up, the patient improved neurologically, including facial nerve weakness (House-Brackmann Grade 1) except for his left 6(th) cranial nerve palsy which mildly improved. CONCLUSION: Petroclival chondrosarcomas are rare tumors that are usually treated with surgical resection followed by stereotactic radiosurgery. The tumor size, location, and extension dictate approach selection. For lesions involving the petroclival region with extension into the middle fossa and posterior fossa, the combined petrosal approach is reasonable. Scientific Scholar 2020-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7265404/ /pubmed/32782852 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_121_2020 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Surgical Neurology International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Video Abstract Lopez-Gonzalez, Miguel Angel Eastin, Timothy Marc Ramanathan, Dinesh Minwoo, Song Choudhury, Baishakhi Combined petrosal approach for resection of petroclival chondrosarcoma: Microsurgical 2-D video |
title | Combined petrosal approach for resection of petroclival chondrosarcoma: Microsurgical 2-D video |
title_full | Combined petrosal approach for resection of petroclival chondrosarcoma: Microsurgical 2-D video |
title_fullStr | Combined petrosal approach for resection of petroclival chondrosarcoma: Microsurgical 2-D video |
title_full_unstemmed | Combined petrosal approach for resection of petroclival chondrosarcoma: Microsurgical 2-D video |
title_short | Combined petrosal approach for resection of petroclival chondrosarcoma: Microsurgical 2-D video |
title_sort | combined petrosal approach for resection of petroclival chondrosarcoma: microsurgical 2-d video |
topic | Video Abstract |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7265404/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32782852 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_121_2020 |
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