CEORL-HNS Symposium

Chair: Jan Plzák

 Speakers

Cem Meco: Fibroosseous Lesions – Still demanding

Jan Plzák: Juvenile Angiofibroma - Endoscopic battle in the pterygopalatine fossa

Paolo Battaglia: Inverted Papilloma - Is there something new in the horizon?

Even though benign sinonasal tumors are rare, their management couldsometimes be very challenging. Among a variety of different histopathology thesegenerally solitary and unilateral benign masses of the sinonasal cavity sometimesmay erode the bony boundaries and impinge on adjacent structures, sometimesmay cause secondary inflammatory problems, sometimes may have the potentialto turn into a malignancy or sometimes may result in different serious symptomslike severe epistaxis while expanding along different anatomical compartments.This panel of European experts will be covering the most important aspects andcurrent management of these tumors to reveal how they are dealing with thosepathologies in their practices including how to analyze imaging, choose the correcttreatment strategy, and if surgery needed the appropriate approach that wouldalso reduce the morbidity. Nearby fibroosseous lesions like osteomas, fibrous dysplasia or ossifying fibroma, presentations will focus on juvenile angiofibromas,inverted papillomas.

New Perspectives in Chronic Sinusitis

Surgical treatment of benign parotid tumors has developed in the direction of less invasive procedures in recent years and has raised great debate about the best surgical approach. Surgeons nowadays have many options to choose from for benign parotid surgery. ECD is one of the many surgical techniques available in parotid surgery and can achieve excellent results with proper training and if used for proper indications. PSP is mainly indicated in large tumors of the caudal part of the PG (ESGS level II). SP represents a universal solution in parotid surgery and should be the first technique young surgeons learn. TP has only few but important indications in benign parotid surgery. Surgeons need to carefully consider the patient and his/her preoperative imaging as well as her or his own special expertise to select the most appropriate surgical technique.