Extracranial Meningioma as a Parapharyngeal Space Tumor

Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology 2010;26(2):259-261.
Published online November 30, 2010.

Dae Woong Lee;Jeong Wook Choi;Seung Eun Oh;Joon Kyoo Lee;Sang Chul Lim

부인두강 종양으로 발현한 두개외 수막종

이대웅;최정욱;오승은;이준규;임상철

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 lo-calized 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 histopatho-logic diagnosis to have meningioma. We report herewith this case with the review of literatures.

Key Words: Meningioma, Parapharyngeal space, Tumor