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Primary Parapharyngeal Meningioma

MedGen UID:: 1728899
•Concept ID:: C5421232
•: Neoplastic Process

Definition

An ectopic meningioma that arises from the parapharyngeal space. [from NCI]

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MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVPrimary Parapharyngeal Meningioma

Pathological process
- Disease
  - Neoplasm
    - Neoplasm by Morphology
      - Meningothelial Cell Neoplasm
        Ectopic Meningioma
        Primary Parapharyngeal Meningioma

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Etiology

Meningiomas invading the temporal bone with extension to the neck.

Nager GT, Heroy J, Hoeplinger M
Am J Otolaryngol 1983 Sep-Oct;4(5):297-324. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0709(83)80018-0. PMID: 6416092

Diagnosis

Follicular dendritic cell tumor of the parapharyngeal region.

Desai S, Deshpande RB, Jambhekar N
Head Neck 1999 Mar;21(2):164-7. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199903)21:2<164::aid-hed11>3.0.co;2-8. PMID: 10091986

Extracranial and intracranial meningiomas.

Gagnon NB, Lavigne F, Mohr G, Guerard MJ, Bouvier G
J Otolaryngol 1986 Dec;15(6):380-4. PMID: 3806773

Clinical prediction guides

Extracranial and intracranial meningiomas.

Gagnon NB, Lavigne F, Mohr G, Guerard MJ, Bouvier G
J Otolaryngol 1986 Dec;15(6):380-4. PMID: 3806773

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