Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회지)

The Korean Society for Head and Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회)
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Extracranial Meningioma as a Parapharyngeal Space Tumor

부인두강 종양으로 발현한 두개외 수막종

  • Lee, Dae-Woong (Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Choi, Jeong-Wook (Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Oh, Seung-Eun (Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Joon-Kyoo (Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School Hwasun Hospital) ;
  • Lim, Sang-Chul (Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School Hwasun Hospital)
  • 이대웅 (전남대학교병원 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 최정욱 (전남대학교병원 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 오승은 (전남대학교병원 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 이준규 (전남대학교 의과대학 화순전남대학교병원 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 임상철 (전남대학교 의과대학 화순전남대학교병원 이비인후과학교실)
  • Published : 2010.11.26
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Abstract

The meningiomas are slowly growing tumors arising from meningoepithelial cells and they generally occur in the intracranial space. Tumor extension to the extracranial structures occurred in about 20 percent of intracranial meningiomas. Meningiomas extending to the cervical area are uncommom. Beacuse these patients complain of localized symptoms, sometimes those tumors have been operated as cervical tumors. In this report, we incidentally found a meningioma in the left parapharyngeal space in a 63-year-old female, who was confirmed by histopathologic diagnosis to have meningioma. We report herewith this case with the review of literatures.

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