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Abbreviations
- Jugular foramen schwannoma (JFS)
Synonyms
- Neuroma, neurilemoma, neurinoma
Definitions
- Benign tumor of differentiated Schwann cells wrapping around CNIX, X, or XI within jugular foramen (JF)
- Glossopharyngeal nerve (CNIX) most common nerve of origin in JF
- Benign tumor of differentiated Schwann cells wrapping around CNIX, X, or XI within jugular foramen (JF)
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Selected References
- Sarris CE et al: Transtemporal suprajugular approach with neck dissection for jugular foramen tumor resection: operative video. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 82(Suppl 1):S55-6, 2021
- Ma SC et al: The jugular process: a key anatomical landmark for approaches to the jugular foramen. World Neurosurg. 135:e686-94, 2020
- Luzzi S et al: Anterolateral approach for retrostyloid superior parapharyngeal space schwannomas involving the jugular foramen area: a 20-year experience. World Neurosurg. 132:e40-52, 2019
- Matsushima K et al: Retrosigmoid intradural suprajugular approach to jugular foramen tumors with intraforaminal extension: surgical series of 19 cases. World Neurosurg. 125:e984-91, 2019
- Shin M et al: Endoscopic transmastoid posterior petrosal approach for locally aggressive tumors in the petrous part of the temporal bone involving the internal auditory canal, jugular foramen, and hypoglossal canal. J Neurosurg. 1-13, 2019
- Kano H et al: Stereotactic radiosurgery for jugular foramen schwannomas: an international multicenter study. J Neurosurg. 129(4):928-36, 2018
- Ryu SM et al: Optimal treatment of jugular foramen schwannomas: long-term outcome of a multidisciplinary approach for a series of 29 cases in a single institute. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 159(8):1517-27, 2017
- Hasegawa T et al: Gamma knife surgery for patients with jugular foramen schwannomas: a multiinstitutional retrospective study in Japan. J Neurosurg. 1-10, 2016
- Komune N et al: Surgical approaches to jugular foramen schwannomas: an anatomic study. Head Neck. 38 Suppl 1:E1041-53, 2016
- Park ES et al: A single-institution retrospective study of jugular foramen schwannoma management: radical resection versus subtotal intracranial resection through a retrosigmoid suboccipital approach followed by radiosurgery. World Neurosurg. 88:552-62, 2016
- Li W et al: Lesions involving the jugular foramen: clinical characteristics and surgical management. Acta Otolaryngol. 135(6):565-71, 2015
- Thomas AJ et al: Nonparaganglioma jugular foramen tumors. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 48(2):343-59, 2015
- Hasegawa T: Stereotactic radiosurgery for nonvestibular schwannomas. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 24(4):531-42, 2013
- Sedney CL et al: Microsurgical management of jugular foramen schwannomas. Neurosurgery. 72(1):42-6; discussion 46, 2013
- Fayad JN et al: Jugular foramen tumors: clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes. Otol Neurotol. 31(2):299-305, 2010
- Safavi-Abbasi S et al: Nonvestibular schwannomas: an evaluation of functional outcome after radiosurgical and microsurgical management. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 152(1):35-46, 2010
- Saman Y et al: Jugular foramen schwannoma presenting with glossopharyngeal neuralgia syncope syndrome. J Laryngol Otol. 124(12):1305-8, 2010
- Ahmad M et al: Jugular foramen schwannoma--a very rare entity. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 21(2):174-5, 2009
- Chibbaro S et al: Dumbbell-shaped jugular foramen schwannomas: surgical management, outcome and complications on a series of 16 patients. Neurosurg Rev. 32(2):151-9; discussion 159, 2009
- Cho YS et al: Surgical outcomes of lateral approach for jugular foramen schwannoma: postoperative facial nerve and lower cranial nerve functions. Neurosurg Rev. 32(1):61-6; discussion 66, 2009
- Fukuda M et al: Long-term outcomes after surgical treatment of jugular foramen schwannoma. Skull Base. 19(6):401-8, 2009
- Klimo P Jr et al: The posterior petrosal approach: technique and applications in pediatric neurosurgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 4(4):353-62, 2009
- Nishioka K et al: Stereotactic radiotherapy for intracranial nonacoustic schwannomas including facial nerve schwannoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 75(5):1415-9, 2009
- Bakar B et al: Retro-tympanic pulsatile mass originating from dumb-bell jugular foramen schwannoma. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 150(3):291-3; discussion 293, 2008
- Bulsara KR et al: Microsurgical management of 53 jugular foramen schwannomas: lessons learned incorporated into a modified grading system. J Neurosurg. 109(5):794-803, 2008
- Hamm KD et al: Stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of nonacoustic schwannomas. Neurosurgery. 62(5 Suppl):A29-36; discussion A36, 2008
- Sangra M et al: Jugular foramen schwannoma in a child treated with complete surgical excision. Childs Nerv Syst. 24(8):971-4, 2008
- Song MH et al: Jugular foramen schwannoma: analysis on its origin and location. Otol Neurotol. 29(3):387-91, 2008
- Palacios E: Vocal fold paralysis secondary to a jugular foramen schwannoma. Ear Nose Throat J. 86(10):596, 598, 2007
- Quaranta N et al: A rare case of jugular foramen schwannoma arising from Jacobson's nerve. Acta Otolaryngol. 127(6):667-72, 2007
- Sanna M et al: Surgical management of jugular foramen schwannomas with hearing and facial nerve function preservation: a series of 23 cases and review of the literature. Laryngoscope. 116(12):2191-204, 2006
- Wilson MA et al: Jugular foramen schwannomas: diagnosis, management, and outcomes. Laryngoscope. 115(8):1486-92, 2005
- Macdonald AJ et al: Primary jugular foramen meningioma: imaging appearance and differentiating features. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 182(2):373-7, 2004
- Pollock BE et al: Stereotactic radiosurgery: the preferred management for patients with nonvestibular schwannomas? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 52(4):1002-7, 2002
- Zhang N et al: Gamma knife radiosurgery for jugular foramen schwannomas. J Neurosurg. 97(5 Suppl):456-8, 2002
- Eldevik OP et al: Imaging findings in schwannomas of the jugular foramen. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 21(6):1139-44, 2000
- Caldemeyer KS et al: The jugular foramen: a review of anatomy, masses, and imaging characteristics. Radiographics. 17(5):1123-39, 1997
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KEY FACTS
Terminology
Imaging
Top Differential Diagnoses
Clinical Issues
TERMINOLOGY
Abbreviations
- Jugular foramen schwannoma (JFS)
Synonyms
- Neuroma, neurilemoma, neurinoma
Definitions
- Benign tumor of differentiated Schwann cells wrapping around CNIX, X, or XI within jugular foramen (JF)
- Glossopharyngeal nerve (CNIX) most common nerve of origin in JF
- Benign tumor of differentiated Schwann cells wrapping around CNIX, X, or XI within jugular foramen (JF)
IMAGING
General Features
CT Findings
MR Findings
Angiographic Findings
Imaging Recommendations
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
Staging, Grading, & Classification
Gross Pathologic & Surgical Features
Microscopic Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Natural History & Prognosis
Treatment
DIAGNOSTIC CHECKLIST
Consider
Image Interpretation Pearls
Reporting Tips
Selected References
- Sarris CE et al: Transtemporal suprajugular approach with neck dissection for jugular foramen tumor resection: operative video. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 82(Suppl 1):S55-6, 2021
- Ma SC et al: The jugular process: a key anatomical landmark for approaches to the jugular foramen. World Neurosurg. 135:e686-94, 2020
- Luzzi S et al: Anterolateral approach for retrostyloid superior parapharyngeal space schwannomas involving the jugular foramen area: a 20-year experience. World Neurosurg. 132:e40-52, 2019
- Matsushima K et al: Retrosigmoid intradural suprajugular approach to jugular foramen tumors with intraforaminal extension: surgical series of 19 cases. World Neurosurg. 125:e984-91, 2019
- Shin M et al: Endoscopic transmastoid posterior petrosal approach for locally aggressive tumors in the petrous part of the temporal bone involving the internal auditory canal, jugular foramen, and hypoglossal canal. J Neurosurg. 1-13, 2019
- Kano H et al: Stereotactic radiosurgery for jugular foramen schwannomas: an international multicenter study. J Neurosurg. 129(4):928-36, 2018
- Ryu SM et al: Optimal treatment of jugular foramen schwannomas: long-term outcome of a multidisciplinary approach for a series of 29 cases in a single institute. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 159(8):1517-27, 2017
- Hasegawa T et al: Gamma knife surgery for patients with jugular foramen schwannomas: a multiinstitutional retrospective study in Japan. J Neurosurg. 1-10, 2016
- Komune N et al: Surgical approaches to jugular foramen schwannomas: an anatomic study. Head Neck. 38 Suppl 1:E1041-53, 2016
- Park ES et al: A single-institution retrospective study of jugular foramen schwannoma management: radical resection versus subtotal intracranial resection through a retrosigmoid suboccipital approach followed by radiosurgery. World Neurosurg. 88:552-62, 2016
- Li W et al: Lesions involving the jugular foramen: clinical characteristics and surgical management. Acta Otolaryngol. 135(6):565-71, 2015
- Thomas AJ et al: Nonparaganglioma jugular foramen tumors. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 48(2):343-59, 2015
- Hasegawa T: Stereotactic radiosurgery for nonvestibular schwannomas. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 24(4):531-42, 2013
- Sedney CL et al: Microsurgical management of jugular foramen schwannomas. Neurosurgery. 72(1):42-6; discussion 46, 2013
- Fayad JN et al: Jugular foramen tumors: clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes. Otol Neurotol. 31(2):299-305, 2010
- Safavi-Abbasi S et al: Nonvestibular schwannomas: an evaluation of functional outcome after radiosurgical and microsurgical management. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 152(1):35-46, 2010
- Saman Y et al: Jugular foramen schwannoma presenting with glossopharyngeal neuralgia syncope syndrome. J Laryngol Otol. 124(12):1305-8, 2010
- Ahmad M et al: Jugular foramen schwannoma--a very rare entity. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 21(2):174-5, 2009
- Chibbaro S et al: Dumbbell-shaped jugular foramen schwannomas: surgical management, outcome and complications on a series of 16 patients. Neurosurg Rev. 32(2):151-9; discussion 159, 2009
- Cho YS et al: Surgical outcomes of lateral approach for jugular foramen schwannoma: postoperative facial nerve and lower cranial nerve functions. Neurosurg Rev. 32(1):61-6; discussion 66, 2009
- Fukuda M et al: Long-term outcomes after surgical treatment of jugular foramen schwannoma. Skull Base. 19(6):401-8, 2009
- Klimo P Jr et al: The posterior petrosal approach: technique and applications in pediatric neurosurgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 4(4):353-62, 2009
- Nishioka K et al: Stereotactic radiotherapy for intracranial nonacoustic schwannomas including facial nerve schwannoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 75(5):1415-9, 2009
- Bakar B et al: Retro-tympanic pulsatile mass originating from dumb-bell jugular foramen schwannoma. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 150(3):291-3; discussion 293, 2008
- Bulsara KR et al: Microsurgical management of 53 jugular foramen schwannomas: lessons learned incorporated into a modified grading system. J Neurosurg. 109(5):794-803, 2008
- Hamm KD et al: Stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of nonacoustic schwannomas. Neurosurgery. 62(5 Suppl):A29-36; discussion A36, 2008
- Sangra M et al: Jugular foramen schwannoma in a child treated with complete surgical excision. Childs Nerv Syst. 24(8):971-4, 2008
- Song MH et al: Jugular foramen schwannoma: analysis on its origin and location. Otol Neurotol. 29(3):387-91, 2008
- Palacios E: Vocal fold paralysis secondary to a jugular foramen schwannoma. Ear Nose Throat J. 86(10):596, 598, 2007
- Quaranta N et al: A rare case of jugular foramen schwannoma arising from Jacobson's nerve. Acta Otolaryngol. 127(6):667-72, 2007
- Sanna M et al: Surgical management of jugular foramen schwannomas with hearing and facial nerve function preservation: a series of 23 cases and review of the literature. Laryngoscope. 116(12):2191-204, 2006
- Wilson MA et al: Jugular foramen schwannomas: diagnosis, management, and outcomes. Laryngoscope. 115(8):1486-92, 2005
- Macdonald AJ et al: Primary jugular foramen meningioma: imaging appearance and differentiating features. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 182(2):373-7, 2004
- Pollock BE et al: Stereotactic radiosurgery: the preferred management for patients with nonvestibular schwannomas? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 52(4):1002-7, 2002
- Zhang N et al: Gamma knife radiosurgery for jugular foramen schwannomas. J Neurosurg. 97(5 Suppl):456-8, 2002
- Eldevik OP et al: Imaging findings in schwannomas of the jugular foramen. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 21(6):1139-44, 2000
- Caldemeyer KS et al: The jugular foramen: a review of anatomy, masses, and imaging characteristics. Radiographics. 17(5):1123-39, 1997
