Ectopic meningioma in a patient with neurofibromatosis Type 2: a case report and review of the literature

Ectopic meningioma occurring in the region of parapharyngeal space is rare in clinical practice and brings great challenge in its diagnosis. This report details such a case in a 14-year-old girl with neurofibromatosis Type 2, which is a highly infrequent association. The clinical manifestations, ima...

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Autores principales: Su, Chun Qiu, Lu, Shan Shan, Zhou, Mao Dong, Hong, Xun Ning
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology. 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6711269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31489219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20180007
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description Ectopic meningioma occurring in the region of parapharyngeal space is rare in clinical practice and brings great challenge in its diagnosis. This report details such a case in a 14-year-old girl with neurofibromatosis Type 2, which is a highly infrequent association. The clinical manifestations, imaging findings, and pathological manifestations are described, and the relevant literature is reviewed to highlight characteristic imaging findings of ectopic meningiomas.
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spelling pubmed-67112692019-09-05 Ectopic meningioma in a patient with neurofibromatosis Type 2: a case report and review of the literature Su, Chun Qiu Lu, Shan Shan Zhou, Mao Dong Hong, Xun Ning BJR Case Rep Case Report Ectopic meningioma occurring in the region of parapharyngeal space is rare in clinical practice and brings great challenge in its diagnosis. This report details such a case in a 14-year-old girl with neurofibromatosis Type 2, which is a highly infrequent association. The clinical manifestations, imaging findings, and pathological manifestations are described, and the relevant literature is reviewed to highlight characteristic imaging findings of ectopic meningiomas. The British Institute of Radiology. 2018-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6711269/ /pubmed/31489219 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20180007 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ectopic meningioma in a patient with neurofibromatosis Type 2: a case report and review of the literature
title Ectopic meningioma in a patient with neurofibromatosis Type 2: a case report and review of the literature
title_full Ectopic meningioma in a patient with neurofibromatosis Type 2: a case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Ectopic meningioma in a patient with neurofibromatosis Type 2: a case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Ectopic meningioma in a patient with neurofibromatosis Type 2: a case report and review of the literature
title_short Ectopic meningioma in a patient with neurofibromatosis Type 2: a case report and review of the literature
title_sort ectopic meningioma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 2: a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6711269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31489219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20180007
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