title: Retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis from esthesioneuroblastoma: a review of the therapeutic and prognostic implications.
abstract: Esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB) is a malignant neoplasm of the olfactory epithelium. Metastasis of ENBs to retropharyngeal lymph nodes is an important finding on imaging examinations that alters staging and treatment. A total of 17 cases of ENB from 3 institutions were evaluated. The CT and MR imaging findings from the cases of 4 patients with ENB with retropharyngeal metastatic disease are reviewed. The vector of spread, staging, and treatment implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Head and Neck Neuroradiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. Lauren.zollinger@hsc.utah.edu
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Zollinger
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Wiggins
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Cornelius
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018304:Esthesioneuroblastoma, Olfactory / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed