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Epidemiology and natural history of vestibular schwannoma. S-E.Stangerup , P.Caye-Thomasen , J.Thomsen , M.Tos ENT Department Gentofte University Hospital Copenhagen, Denmark. Subjects. 2283 Diagnosed VS in the period ; from January 1976 to end December 2008.
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Epidemiology and naturalhistory of vestibularschwannoma S-E.Stangerup, P.Caye-Thomasen, J.Thomsen, M.Tos ENT Department Gentofte University Hospital Copenhagen, Denmark
Subjects • 2283 Diagnosed VS in the period; from January 1976 to end December 2008. • 1123 Operatedafterdiagnosis • 16 Fractionatedirradiation • 1144 Allocated to ”wait and scan”
Annualnumber of diagnosedvestibularschwannomas pr. million people in Denmark
”Wait & scan” Subjects (1144) • MRI x 2 999 • Audiometry (PTA,Sd) x 2 932 • Localisation : Intrameatal 461 • Extrameatal 683 • Sex: female/male : 548/596 • Mean age: 58.6 years
AAO-HNS and WRS classification of hearing quality Dl (%) Dl (%) 0 30 50 100 0 30 50 100 A B D C I II III 0 IV 30 50 PTA (dB) AAO-HNS WRS
Change in hearing during ”wait & scan” WRS classification Diagnosis Last evaluation I I 61%
Loss of goodhearingduring observation, for patients withAAO class A and WRS class I hearing at diagnosis (n=932)
Change in hearing during ”wait & scan” WRS classification I: Dl<=30% Dl: 0% Dl: 1-10% Dl: 11-20% Dl:21-30% 33% 24% 26% 17% 61%
Loss of good hearing (Sd >= 70%) in the different prognostic groups
Loss of good hearing (Sd >= 70%) in the different prognostic groups
Loss of good hearing (Sd >= 70%) in the different prognostic groups
Loss of good hearing (Sd >= 70%) in the different prognostic groups
Meanannual speech discriminationloss in relation to observation periodbeforeloosing WRS class 1 hearing
Treatment algoritm for VS patients Tumor size at diagnosis <=15 mm 15-20 mm >20 mm MRI after one year Op/irrad. Operation No growth Growth (more than 2 mm) MRI after 2,3,4,5, Irradiation or operation 7,9 and 14 years