Uncommon giant sphenoidal tumor. Case report

R. Hainarosie^{1, 2}, Irina Ionita^{1, 2}, Catalina Pietrosanu^{1, 2}, S. Pituru^{1,* ✉}, Mura Hainarosie^{1, 2}, V. Zainea^{1, 2}

1 - Carol Davila University
2 - Institute of Phonoaudiology and Functional ENT surgery “Prof. Dr. Dorin Hociotă”, Bucharest, Romania

Correspondence: Silviu Pițuru

Received: October 10, 2017

Accepted: June 20, 2018

Abstract:

The authors will present a case report of a woman that presented a giant sphenoidal tumor with endocranially extension and compression of the cerebral trunk. The patient was already presented in a neurosurgical service where due to the tumor volume, the high-risk surgical elements involved was sent to our ENT department to try to perform an endoscopic biopsy. Using the endoscopic optical and mechanical ensemble the authors performed trans nasally a biopsy. The histopathologic result was a surprise and was confirmed with three different immune- histochemistry exams.