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
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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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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
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
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