Craniofacial Tumors and Conditions Flashcards
Fibrous dysplasia is a benign anomaly of the bone
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What is the
most common craniofacial tumor encountered by plastic surgeons
FIBROUS DYSPLASIA
the percentage of skull involvement in fibrous dysplasia
Skull involvement occurs in
27% of monostotic patients and up to 50% of polyostotic patients
Craniofacial fibrous dysplasia
most commonly begins
after childhood
F Craniofacial fibrous dysplasia
most commonly begins in childhood then progresses through adolescence. It was previously thought that the disease progression halted after childhood
the disease frequently
continues well into adulthood.
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The most common bone involved in Fibrous dysplasia
in the craniofacial skeleton most often affects the frontal and
sphenoid bones and the maxilla
((monostotic disease ))
what is the most common sign of the fibrous dysplasia
Signs and symptoms
of craniofacial disease are diverse and may include swelling of the
affected side (most commonly).
Causes of Fibrous dysplsia
bone maturation in the woven
bone stage
Gene responsible for the fibrous dysplasia mutation
GNAS gene
A subset of patients with dysplasia mutation have an associated endocrinopathy what it call
McCune-Albright syndrome. This condition includes
precocious puberty, cafe au lait spots, and other endocrinopathies
due to the hyperactivity of various endocrine glands
What is cherubism?
Cherubism
or familial fibrous dysplasia is a self-limited disease of the maxilla
and mandible in children
Giant cell disorder or cherubism after regression leave som deformity
F regresses without operation and leaves no deformity
malignant transformation is rarely seen in fibrous dysplasia
malignant transformation may be seen
in 3.2% of patients especially in polyostotic
fibrous dysplasia most commonly transforms to
chondrosarcoma
F fibrous dysplasia most commonly transforms to osteosarcoma, and occasionally to
chondrosarcoma or fibrosarcoma
exclusive ofMcCune-Albright
syndrome can diagnosed clinically
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Radiological finding in fibrous dysplasia
The typical plain radiographic appearance is of radiolucent lytic lesions with a homogenous ground-glass appearance and
ill-defined borders.
Differential diagnosis for Fibrous dysplasia
ossifying
fibroma and Paget disease
CT) provides
substantially better radiographic information
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Fibrous dysplasia has a
ground-glass pattern only on CT
F Fibrous dysplasia has a ground-glass pattern (56%),
homogeneously dense pattern (23%), or
a cystic variety (21%)
CT can give diagnostic information only.
F CT also improves operative planning by evaluating the extent
of disease, particularly in evaluating the extent of the optic nerve canal
involvement
What is the Chen and Nordhoff approach?
based on their treatment approach to the occurrence
in four designated zones:
■ Total excision for zone 1 (fronto-orbital, zygomatic, and upper
maxillary regions).
■ Conservative excision (contouring) for
□ Zone 2 (hair-bearing cranium),
□ Zone 3 (the central cranial base), and
□ Zone 4 (the tooth-bearing regions of the maxillary alveolus
and mandible)
patients undergoing resection had a lower recurrence
rate and required fewer total operations but had a slightly increased postoperative complication
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Radiotherapy has no role in treatment of
fibrous dysplasia and should be avoided
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Optic nerve decompression for optic canal involvement is controversial
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What si the outcome of optic nerve decompression?
the outcome of optic nerve decompression ranges from
(1) halting vision loss, (2) improvement in vision, (3) worsening
in vision
Clinical signs of PARRY-ROMBERG SYNDROME
characterized as a progressive hemifacial
hypoplasia with regional fat atrophy, medial canthal malpositioning,
enophthalmos, dystopia, and skin hyperpigmentation
Romberg disease occurs more on the R side than L
both sides of the face are equally effected
Some (but not all) cases of Romberg disease are believed to undergo remission or burnout after puberty
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in more severe cases, bony, ophthalmological, and/or neurological
involvement occurs
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Burnout of disease may not occur for 10 years
or more
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The take of fat grafting in the diseased Romberg region is less
than fat graft take in normal regions
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What is the option of treatment in skeletally mature patients?
Dermal fat grafts or adipofascial free flaps (such as a parascapular or inframammary extended circumflex scapular [IMECS] flaps
The back region provides
better adipose-fascia! fill for facial contouring than that of other free
flaps
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Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS) featurees
Hypoplasia of the zygomatic complex and the mandible, antimongoloid slanting of palpebral fissures, coloboma of the lower eyelids,
complete or partial cleft palate, and atresia of external ear canals with
abnormalities of the external ears accompanied by conductive hearing loss
The causes of TREACHER COLLINS SYNDROME
93% ofTCS is caused by loss-of-function
mutations in the TCOFI gene
TCOFl gene
is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion and all patient inherited the mutated from of the gene
F TCOFl gene
is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion, with only 40% of
patients inheriting a mutated copy of the gene and 60% of cases arising from de novo mutagenesis
If obstruction is limited to the tongue
base and epiglottis, mandibular distraction can be effective in the
newborn age or at a later age if sleep apnea develops.
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tracheostomy considred the standared fro airway obstraction in TC SYNDROM
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tracheostomy (the standard)
Surgery that needs to be done for patients with teacher choline syndrome at early age?
- tracheostomy (the standard in severe cases
– Mandibular distraction can be effective in sleep apnea develops. - Choanal atresia, obstructing the posterior nasopharyngeal airway, may also need to be treated with dilatation or bony removal.
cleft lip repair, cleft palate repair, macrostomia (Tessier no. 7 cleft), or removal of preauricular skin tags. In addition, optimizing hearing with BAHA
Surgery in 6-9 years of age
■ mandibular distraction lengthening
■ malar, zygomatic, and eyelid reconstruction
■ total external ear reconstruction
Relapse of this abnormal mandibular morphologic shape has been noted in long-term
follow-up from the strong genioglossal muscle pull
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For total ear reconstruction, the two-stage Firmin technique for all type
F preferred unless there is a paucity of skin as in a very low lobule or
anotia. 16 For these patients, the four-stage Brent technique
At which age the Malar/orbital reconstruction should be attempted
At age 8 to 12 years, malar/
orbital reconstruction may be undertaken with full-thickness parietal
skull bone grafts for the zygomatic arch and lateral orbit, with split
thickness grafts for the orbital floor
A common surgical procedure to treat the open bite in Treacher choline syndrome without airway compromise is Lefort 1
F for the Treacher Collins patient, this will likely worsen the airway and aesthetics because of the short cranial base and abnormal mandible
What is the alternative surgery that peseve the airway ?
Tessier described l’integrale
procedure combining a Le Fort II osteotomy, bilateral mandibular
advancement, orbital bone grafting, and genioplasty for the severe,
uncorrected form of TCS with airway compromise
when we can detect the Clinical manifestations of neurofibromatosis?
Clinical manifestations of neurofibromatosis are detected at birth
in about 40% of patients, over 60% have manifestations by the
the second year of life starting with cafe au lait spots
Cafe au lait spot seldamly present at birth
They are frequently present at birth and increase in
size in childhood
Approximately one-third of patients
develop plexiform neurofibromas
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about 6% may develop malignancy
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Features of neurofibrimatosis?
In young children, macrocephaly without hydrocephalus, short stature, hypertelorism, and thoracic abnormalities are frequently found