Vestibular Schwannomas in Young Patients : A 12-Year Experience in a Single Center

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OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the characteristics of vestibular schwannomas (VS) in young patients, including clinical features, treatment, prognosis, and histopathologic characteristics.

METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed medical records and follow-up data for 36 pediatric patients <21 years of age who were surgically treated for VS in the Chinese PLA General Hospital between 2008 and 2019.

RESULTS: Mean patient age was 17.4 years. Mean tumor size was 2.8 cm. Hearing loss (n = 32, 88.9%) and tinnitus (n = 20, 55.6%) were the most common symptoms. Ten patients (27.8%) had impaired facial nerve function after surgery. Gross total resection (GTR) was achieved in 26 cases (72.2%). The median tumor Ki-67 level was 5%. Tumor size was related to incomplete tumor resection (odds ratio, 0.2; 95% confidence interval, 0.1-0.9) and postoperative facial nerve dysfunction (odds ratio, 24.9; 95% confidence interval, 1.2-539.1). Tumor size was nonlinearly associated with prognosis and 2.2 cm corresponded to the inflection point at which the probability of tumor remnant and postoperative facial nerve dysfunction significantly increased. The GTR and low Ki-67 groups achieved better 3-year tumor control rate. Histopathologic findings confirmed the presence of cellular schwannoma subtype in young patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Tumor size is an important factor affecting the prognosis of VS in young patients. For large VS, surgical treatment should be the first choice, rather than wait-and-scan. VS in young patients shows high tumor proliferation and a tendency to relapse. The cellular schwannoma subtype requires special attention; an accurate histopathologic diagnosis is necessary for young patients with VS, and a closer follow-up strategy should be adopted for cellular VS.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:158

Enthalten in:

World neurosurgery - 158(2022) vom: 01. Feb., Seite e166-e178

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Zehan [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Xuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ding [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jiashu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Fangye [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiuying [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Han, Dongyi [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cellular vestibular schwannoma
Journal Article
Ki-67 Antigen
Tumor recurrence
Tumor resection
Tumor size
Vestibular schwannoma

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Date Completed 05.08.2022

Date Revised 22.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.wneu.2021.10.145

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM332488977