A Combined Surgical Approach for the Treatment of a Sino-Naso-Orbital Glomangiopericytoma

Glomangiopericytomas are a rare type of sinonasal tumors with high relapse rates. Endoscopic sinus surgery is the classical technique to remove such tumors. Here we report a case of sinonasal glomangiopericytoma with orbital extension, infrequently described in the literature. A 50 year-old woman wa...

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Published inReports (MDPI) Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 7
Main Authors Labouchère, Ania, De Sandre, Cécile, Broome, Martin, Reinhard, Antoine, Louvrier, Aurélien
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2023
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Care and treatment
Case reports
Case studies
Conflicts of interest
Embolization
Endoscopy
ENT surgery
glomangiopericytoma
Informed consent
maxillo-facial surgery
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Physiological aspects
Radiation therapy
Sinuses
Surgery
Therapeutics, Surgical
Titanium
Tumors
Switzerland
United States > US
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Summary:Glomangiopericytomas are a rare type of sinonasal tumors with high relapse rates. Endoscopic sinus surgery is the classical technique to remove such tumors. Here we report a case of sinonasal glomangiopericytoma with orbital extension, infrequently described in the literature. A 50 year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of a right paranasal painless swelling, which appeared 9 months ago and was slowly increasing in size since her first visit. A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) revealed a tumor (18 × 25 × 37 mm) centered on the right ethmoidal cells, with adjacent nasal bone erosion and a right orbital invasion. The tumor was removed with a combined surgical approach (endoscopic and trans-sinusal frontal approach) after pre-surgical embolization. Based on the results of the histopathological examination, the diagnosis of a glomangiopericytoma was confirmed. The patient was discharged after one week, and an uneventful long-term follow-up.
ISSN:2571-841X
2571-841X
DOI:10.3390/reports6010007