Esthesioneuroblastoma: Surgical treatment without radiation

Abstract

This study compares the treatment of two groups of patients diagnosed with esthesioneuroblastoma limited to the nasal cavity without evidence of cribriform plate erosion. Five patients were treated with radiation and extra‐cranial excision, and eight patients were treated by cranio‐facial resection only. The incidences of local recurrence were 60% and 12%, respectively. The paper also presents a new staging classification for these tumors.