鼻咽癌放疗后放射性颅底坏死的临床分型分期及治疗策略

Clinical classification, staging and treatment strategy of radionecrosis of the nasopharynx and skull base

目的本研究旨在通过对鼻咽癌放疗后的放射性颅底坏死病例的回顾性分析,探讨建立一种用于指导临床治疗和预后风险评估的分型分期系统。方法总结广西壮族自治区人民医院耳鼻咽喉头颈外科2019年1月—2022年12月共计86例放射性颅底坏死患者的临床资料,其中17例放弃治疗,69例进行治疗。通过分析69例患者的电子鼻咽喉镜检查结合MRI、CT等影像学检查,提出放射性颅底坏死分型分期系统,进一步分析分型分期系统与患者的手术情况、手术效果和预后的关系。结果根据放射性颅底坏死对软组织、骨质、重要血管神经的破坏程度及范围,将其分为闭合型(5例)和开放型(64例),其中开放型又分5型:Ⅰ型(4例),Ⅱ型(6例),Ⅲ型(39例,其中Ⅲa型21例,Ⅲb型18例),Ⅳ型(12例),Ⅴ型(8例)。根据鼻内镜检查联合MRI或CT等影像学检查,结合是否二程放疗、感染累及的部位、骨质破坏范围、颈内动脉累犯程度、脑组织坏死程度进行计分和统计,按不同分数级别将病变分为4期:Ⅰ期4例(1~2分),Ⅱ期11例(3~4分),Ⅲ期24例(5~6分),Ⅳ期30例(≥7分)。69例患者中,22例选择保守治疗:Ⅰ期2例,Ⅱ期3例,Ⅲ期7例,Ⅳ期10例;47例选择鼻内镜手术治疗:Ⅰ期2例、Ⅱ期8例、Ⅲ期17例、Ⅳ期20例,其中16例行游离黏膜瓣和(或)带蒂鼻中隔黏膜瓣鼻咽颅底修复。按分期划分,Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ期患者手术治疗后均获得较好效果,分期越高的患者预后越差,且围手术期并发症发生率越高。术后并发症有手术部位感染无法愈合、脑脊液鼻漏、进展性骨坏死、鼻咽部大出血及死亡等。结论放射性颅底坏死的分型分期系统可在定期随访中早期发现病变,在发现病变后能更好地应用于临床治疗指导和风险预后评估。

Objective To establish a staging system for guiding clinical treatment and prognostic risk assessment by retrospectively analyzing the cases with radionecrosis of the nasopharynx and skull base(RNSB)after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Methods A total of 86 cases of RNSB from January 2019 to December 2022 visited Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck,the People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Seventeen patients gave up the treatment,and 69 patients who underwent treatment were included for analysis.By analyzing the results of electronic nasopharyngolaryngoscopy combined with magnetic resonance(MR),CT,and other imaging examinations,a staging system for RNSB was proposed.The relationship between the staging system and the surgical effectiveness and clinical prognosis was further analyzed.Results According to the severity and extent of destruction of soft tissue,bone,and the adjacent neurovascular structures,the RNSB was categorized into closed type(n=5)and open type(n=64),of which the open type was subdivided into five types:typeⅠ(n=4),typeⅡ(n=6),typeⅢ(n=39,of which 21 cases were typeⅢa and 18 cases were typeⅢb),typeⅣ(n=12),and typeⅤ(n=8).The clinical stage of RNSB were classified based on nasopharyngolaryngoscopy and imaging examinations,receiving the second course of radiotherapy or not,the involvement of the infection site,the extent of bone destruction,the degree of internal carotid artery involvement,and the degree of brain tissue necrosis:stageⅠ(1-2 scores),11 cases at stageⅡ(3-4 scores),24 cases at stageⅢ(5-6 scores),and 30 cases at stageⅣ(≥7 scores or more).Twenty-two patients chose conservative treatment(2 patients at stageⅠ,3 patients at stageⅡ,7 patients at stageⅢ,and 10 patients at stageⅣ).Forty-seven patients chose nasal endoscopic surgical treatment(2 patients at stageⅠ,8 patients at stageⅡ,17 patients at stageⅢ,and 20 patients at stageⅣ),of which 16 cases had received free mucosal flap and/or stented septum mucosal flap repair.Patients at stagesⅠ,Ⅱ,andⅢachieved satisfactory efficacy after surgical treatment.In addition,higher clinical stage was found to correlate with the worse prognosis and higher incidence of perioperative complications,which included failure of healing because of surgical site infection,cerebrospinal fluid nasal leakage,progressive osteonecrosis,nasopharyngeal hemorrhage,and death.Conclusion The staging system proposed in our study can be used for early detection of RNSB during regular follow-up,and is also valuable for clinical treatment guidance and prognosis assessment.