Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Retropharyngeal Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor Misdiagnosed as Oropharyngeal Cancer: a Case Report

  • Jung, Mi Ran (Department of Radiology, Dankook University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Jee Young (Department of Radiology, Dankook University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Sang Yoon (Department of Radiology, Dankook University Hospital)
  • Received : 2018.09.07
  • Accepted : 2018.12.10
  • Published : 2018.12.30
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Abstract

Extra-articular tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TS-GCT) in retropharyngeal space is a rare case. We found only two case reports in the literature, in which one was located in retropharynx or prevertebral space of the cervical spine. We describe a rare case of TS-GCT in the retropharynx, which was initially misdiagnosed as oropharyngeal cancer. Furthermore, we want to assure that extraarticular diffuse type TS-GCT should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lesions showing low signal intensity in MRI scan.

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