Extracranial Meningiomas of the Left Neck.
Yao Wu, Pan-Pan Lv
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Case in brief
A 64-year-old woman presented with an extracranial meningioma in the left side of her neck. Histological examination and immunohistochemical staining confirmed the diagnosis. She underwent biopsy and resection of the neck soft-tissue lesion, together with peripheral nerve decompression. The report describes surgery as standard treatment for symptomatic meningiomas.
What made this case unusual
The meningioma arose extracranially in the neck, an atypical location for this tumor.
Diagnostic / clinical pearl
Histological examination with immunohistochemical staining can confirm an extracranial neck meningioma.