Olfactory neuroblastoma
Olfactory neuroblastoma
Updated: 10/12/2020
© Jun Wang, MD, PhD
General features
- AKA esthesioneuroblastoma
- Rare, malignant neuroectodermal tumor
- Probably arise from olfactory membrane or olfactory placode
- NOT related to neuroblastomas elsewhere in body
- Mean age 53 years, range 3-79 years
- Slightly more common in male
- Late recurrence common
- Metastasis: Cervical lymph nodes, lungs
Clinical presentations
- Usually upper nasal vault; rarely in nasopharynx, maxillary or ethmoid sinus
- Nasal obstruction, epistaxis
- Neurologic presentations: headache, nausea, diplopia, etc
- Rarely paraneoplastic syndromes: Hypercalcemia, ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome, etc
- Presentations associated with local invasion
Radiologic findings
- Homogeneous soft tissue mass with uniform and moderate contrast enhancement
Key morphological features
Markers
- Positive for cytokeratin, neuron-specific enolase, synaptophysin, chromogranin, neurofilament, catecholamines, S100
Genetic abnormality
- Non specific
- Probably human achaete-scute homologue (HASH1)
Treatment
- Surgery with combined radiation therapy
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