Clinical Study

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced and Borderline Resectable Nonsquamous Sinonasal Tumors (Esthesioneuroblastoma and Sinonasal Tumor with Neuroendocrine Differentiation)

Table 2

Extent of locoregional spread.

ExtentEsthesioneuroblastoma
( patients)
SN-NEC
( patients)
Total
(25 patients)

Involvement of cribriform plate12 (100.0%)13 (100.0%)25 (100.0%)
Intracranial extension up to extradural region06 (50.0%)08 (61.5%)14 (56%)
Intradural intracranial extension but brain parenchyma uninvolved06 (50.0%)04 (30.8%)10 (40%)
Intradural extension with brain parenchyma involvement02 (16.7%)03 (23.1%)05 (20%)
Involvement of orbit06 (50.0%)07 (53.8%)13 (52%)
Involvement of infratemporal fossa03 (25%)03 (23.1%)06 (24%)
Involvement of parapharyngeal space01 (08.3%)01 (7.7%)02 (08%)
Involvement of regional lymph nodes03 (25%)05 (38.5%)08 (32%)