title: Esthesioneuroblastomas: Reservations and Recommendations.
abstract: Neuroectodermal tumour has a wide range of biological activity that ranges from an indolent course to local recurrence and rapid widespread metastasis. We describe, herewith, 2 patients with Esthesioneuroblastomas (ENB) who had varied atypical clinical presentation. The first case presented with Intracranial Pressure (ICP) headache and acute visual deterioration with radiology revealing an extra axial lesion with extension into the nasal cavity while the second case presented with nasal congestion and progressive headache of long duration. We review the unusual characteristics that may uncommonly occur in ENBs and elaborate regarding which of these must be considered when evaluating patients with this malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Senior Registrar, Department of Neurosurgery, Kasturba Medical College , Manipal, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College , Manipal, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Bhavna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nayal
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Kasturba Medical College , Manipal, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Vinod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College , Manipal, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Padmapriya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jaiprakash
keywords: Intracranial tumours; Nasal tumours; Olfactory neuroblastoma