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The Size of the Tumor in Acoustic Neuroma: Proposal for a Reporting System

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Determining the size of the tumor in acoustic neuroma is essential because the size influences preoperative assessment, patient outcome, amount of tumor removal, and follow-up of residual tumor, after radiotherapy, and scan-and-see policy. Until a reliable method to determine the volume of the tumor is established and widely used, we should adopt a simple one that allows comparison of different series. A proposal of such a method is described. The intracanalicular (IC) and extracanalicular (EC) parts of the tumor should be measured separately and the largest dimension of each reported. A parallel classification is added that includes several characteristics of the tumor that are not defined by a number. The suggested method is a simple one that could be applied to previous series, and easily adopted for future ones, until an accurate volume tracing method exists and is widely used.

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  1. Servicio ORL, Hospital Central Cruz Roja, Avda. Reina Victoria, 26, 28003, Madrid, Spain

    Miguel Arístegui

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

    Jin Kanzaki M.D. (Professor Emeritus), Takanobu Kunihiro M.D. (Assistant Professor) & Yasuhiro Inoue M.D. (Assistant Professor) (Professor Emeritus),  (Assistant Professor) &  (Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, Gentofte University Hospital, DK-2900, Hellerup, Denmark

    Mirko Tos M.D., DMSc dr.h.c. (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Gruppo Otologico Piacenza, Casa di Cura, Via Emmanueli, 42, 29100, Piacenza, Italy

    Mario Sanna M.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  4. Department of Otoneurological and Skull Base Surgery, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Teaching Hospitals Trust, Box 163, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK

    David A. Moffat M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Arístegui, M. (2003). The Size of the Tumor in Acoustic Neuroma: Proposal for a Reporting System. In: Kanzaki, J., Tos, M., Sanna, M., Moffat, D.A., Kunihiro, T., Inoue, Y. (eds) Acoustic Neuroma. Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine, vol 10. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53942-1_4

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