Corniola MV, Roche PH, Bruneau M, Cavallo LM, Daniel RT, Messerer M, Froelich S, Gardner PA, Gentili F, Kawase T, Paraskevopoulos D, Régis J, Schroeder HW, Schwartz TH, Sindou M, Cornelius JF, Tatagiba M, Meling TR. Management of cavernous sinus meningiomas: Consensus statement on behalf of the EANS skull base section.
BRAIN AND SPINE 2022;
2:100864. [PMID:
36248124 PMCID:
PMC9560706 DOI:
10.1016/j.bas.2022.100864]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Introduction
The evolution of cavernous sinus meningiomas (CSMs) might be unpredictable and the efficacy of their treatments is challenging due to their indolent evolution, variations and fluctuations of symptoms, heterogeneity of classifications and lack of randomized controlled trials. Here, a dedicated task force provides a consensus statement on the overall management of CSMs.
Research question
To determine the best overall management of CSMs, depending on their clinical presentation, size, and evolution as well as patient characteristics.
Material and methods
Using the PRISMA 2020 guidelines, we included literature from January 2000 to December 2020. A total of 400 abstracts and 77 titles were kept for full-paper screening.
Results
The task force formulated 8 recommendations (Level C evidence). CSMs should be managed by a highly specialized multidisciplinary team. The initial evaluation of patients includes clinical, ophthalmological, endocrinological and radiological assessment. Treatment of CSM should involve experienced skull-base neurosurgeons or neuro-radiosurgeons, radiation oncologists, radiologists, ophthalmologists, and endocrinologists.
Discussion and conclusion
Radiosurgery is preferred as first-line treatment in small, enclosed, pauci-symptomatic lesions/in elderly patients, while large CSMs not amenable to resection or WHO grade II-III are candidates for radiotherapy. Microsurgery is an option in aggressive/rapidly progressing lesions in young patients presenting with oculomotor/visual/endocrinological impairment. Whenever surgery is offered, open cranial approaches are the current standard. There is limited experience reported about endoscopic endonasal approach for CSMs and the main indication is decompression of the cavernous sinus to improve symptoms. Whenever surgery is indicated, the current trend is to offer decompression followed by radiosurgery.
A thorough evaluation of cavernous sinus meningiomas by a multidisciplinary team is mandatory.
Microsurgery should be considered for aggressive lesions in young patients.
Extended endoscopic approaches can be effective when combined with radiotherapy.
Stereotaxic radiotherapy and stereotaxic radiosurgery offer excellent tumour control in small/asymptomatic lesions .
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