Primary Extracranial Meningioma Presenting as a Cheek Mass

Meningioma is well known as common disease of the central nervous system, whereas primary extracranial meningioma is rare, representing 1% to 2% of all meningiomas. We have experienced a case of primary extracranial meningioma presenting as a right cheek mass. The tumor was completely excised via a...

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Autores principales: Maeng, Jin Woo, Kim, Yong Hyun, Seo, Jinwon, Kim, Si Whan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3863679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24353870
http://dx.doi.org/10.3342/ceo.2013.6.4.266
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description Meningioma is well known as common disease of the central nervous system, whereas primary extracranial meningioma is rare, representing 1% to 2% of all meningiomas. We have experienced a case of primary extracranial meningioma presenting as a right cheek mass. The tumor was completely excised via a right lateral rhinotomy incision. Histopathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of primary extracranial meningioma.
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spelling pubmed-38636792013-12-18 Primary Extracranial Meningioma Presenting as a Cheek Mass Maeng, Jin Woo Kim, Yong Hyun Seo, Jinwon Kim, Si Whan Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol Case Report Meningioma is well known as common disease of the central nervous system, whereas primary extracranial meningioma is rare, representing 1% to 2% of all meningiomas. We have experienced a case of primary extracranial meningioma presenting as a right cheek mass. The tumor was completely excised via a right lateral rhinotomy incision. Histopathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of primary extracranial meningioma. Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2013-12 2013-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3863679/ /pubmed/24353870 http://dx.doi.org/10.3342/ceo.2013.6.4.266 Text en Copyright © 2013 by Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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