title: Craniofacial gliomas.
abstract: Ten patients with gliomas were treated between 1977 and 1993. Three of the lesions (30 percent) exhibited intracranial extension. Fifty percent (2 of 4) of the intranasal lesions exhibited intracranial extension. Effective removal of the lesion required manipulation of nasal bones in intranasal lesions and extranasal lesions with intranasal extension. Gliomas with an intracranial component were best addressed through a combined intracranial and extracranial approach.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, III., USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pensler
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ivescu
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ciletti
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Yokoo
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Byrd
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed