2015
Gamma Knife radiosurgery for facial nerve schwannomas: a multicenter study.
Sheehan JP, Kano H, Xu Z, Chiang V, Mathieu D, Chao S, Akpinar B, Lee JY, Yu JB, Hess J, Wu HM, Chung WY, Pierce J, Missios S, Kondziolka D, Alonso-Basanta M, Barnett GH, Lunsford LD. Gamma Knife radiosurgery for facial nerve schwannomas: a multicenter study. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2015, 123: 387-94. PMID: 25955875, DOI: 10.3171/2014.11.jns141160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFacial nerve schwannomaFacial nerve functionNorth American Gamma Knife ConsortiumHouse-Brackmann scoreStereotactic radiosurgeryNerve functionTumor controlNeurological preservationMargin doseMedian ageNerve schwannomaPreoperative facial nerve functionNormal facial nerve functionResidual/recurrent tumorActuarial tumor controlEffective salvage treatmentMean margin dosePermanent neurological symptomsTumor margin doseUpfront stereotactic radiosurgeryPatients' median ageMean tumor volumeTreatment of choiceGamma knife radiosurgeryRare intracranial tumors
2013
Rapidly Progressive Epithelioid Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Vestibular Nerve
Kuzmik GA, Michaelides EM, Chiang VL, Nonaka Y, Fukushima T, Vortmeyer AO, Bulsara KR. Rapidly Progressive Epithelioid Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Vestibular Nerve. Otology & Neurotology 2013, 34: 1739-1742. PMID: 23988994, DOI: 10.1097/mao.0b013e31829ab8be.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalignant peripheral nerve sheath tumorEpithelioid malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumorPeripheral nerve sheath tumorsMagnetic resonance imagingNerve sheath tumorsVestibular nerveSheath tumorsMalignant natureInternal auditory canal massRepeat magnetic resonance imagingGood initial optionSubsequent microsurgical resectionFacial nerve palsyAtypical clinical courseGamma knife radiosurgerySensorineural hearing lossRetroauricular painNerve palsyClinical courseComplete resectionMicrosurgical resectionVestibular schwannomaRare lesionsHistopathologic confirmationKnife radiosurgery