title: Ethmoido-orbital tumors: our experience.
abstract: No data in the literature report the specific invasion of the orbit from ethmoidal tumors, although such a pattern of involvement of the orbit frequently occurs because of the thin lamina papyracea separating the two structures. From January 1986 to January 2003, 38 patients with untreated primary ethmoidal malignancies were observed at the Unit of Maxillo-Facial Surgery of the University "La Sapienza" in Rome. Personal data were obtained from review of the personal clinical file of each. Orbital invasion was present in 24 patients with ethmoidal malignancy. Three stages of orbital invasion were identified. The average overall survival, with the Kaplan-Meyer method, was 61.4% after 1 year and 51.1% at 5 and 10 years. Intracranial involvement is the main element for short-term negative prognosis. Orbital exenteration is fundamental if grade III orbital invasion occurs because it ensures an improvement of the disease-free survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iannetti
authors.forename: Valentino
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Valentini
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rinna
authors.forename: Enzo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ventucci
authors.forename: Tito M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Marianetti
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D017233:Orbit Evisceration; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate