Bilateral Transorbital and Transnasal Endoscopic Resection of a Frontal Sinus Osteoblastoma and Orbital Mucocele: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

[Case report of the substantial nasal mass in children and literature review]

In this article we reported 13 cases of the substantial nasal mass in children. Among 13 these patients, 3 cases were septal hemangioma, 2 cases were maxillary hemangioma, 1 case was nasal infantile fibromatosis, 1 case was osteoblastoma of the nasal cavity and sinuses, 2 cases were lymphoma of nasopharynx, 1 case was maxillary lymphoma, 1 case was rhabdomyosarcoma of nasopharynx, 1 case was maxillary squamous-cell carcinoma, 1 case was squamous-cell carcinoma of nasopharynx.All 13 cases were treated with surgery, 1 case with nasal infantile fibromatosis, 2 cases with lymphoma of nasopharynx, 1 case with rhabdomyosarcoma of nasopharynx, 1 case with nasopharyngeal carcinoma and 1 case with maxillary carcinoma were taken postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The most common substantial nasal mass in children was hemangioma. This study included 2 cases with nasal invasive benign tumors, 1 case with nasal infantile fibromatosis and 1 case with osteoblastoma of the nasal cavity and sinuses. The functional nasal endoscopic surgery of mass resection was the main method for the treatment of mass in this area and had achieved satisfied effect. Lymphoma and rhabdomyosarcoma were the most common nasal malignant tumor in children. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma and maxillary carcinoma were not uncommon.

Endoscopic Orbital and Periorbital Approaches in Minimally Disruptive Skull Base Surgery

Endoscopic surgery of the orbit, periorbital region, and adjacent areas of the anterior and middle cranial fossae and brain has gained significant popularity over the last decade. These procedures are now being used at multiple institutions internationally with a success and safety record that has been demonstrated to be at par with or better than other techniques. The approaches provide minimally disruptive, scarless access to regions that previously required extensive open operations with significant retraction of critical neurovascular structures leading to prolonged morbidity and hospitalization. This paper will describe the basic techniques of these approaches, how they can be used alone or in multiportal (para- and contraportal) technique and guide the reader to resources for further learning.