사골동에 발생한 미성숙 기형종에 대한 전두개안면절제술 1치험례

The anterior craiofacial resection was well established for resection of tumors that involved the ethmoid sinus and adjacent regions to the anterior skull base. This operation provides a more thorough en-bloc excision than by conventional methods with reasonable safety since both the neurosurgeon and head and neck surgeon are guided by each other during the mobilization of the specimen. Adequate repair of dural defects also can be accomplished.

Immature teratoma arising from the nasal cavity and paranasal sinus is a very rare. It has a clinical course of high local recurrence and relatively rare distant metastasis. Therefore the treatment should be complete extirpation by crainofacial resection.

The authors have experienced a case of immature teratoma arising from ethmoid sinus, extending to nasal cavity and anterior skull base. It was successfully treated by using anterior craniofacial resection although the follow-up was short. This is a case report of immature teratoma treated with anterior craniofacial resection.