A Case of Cranial Meningioma with Symptoms Similar to Nasopharyngeal Mass

Autor: Serdar Altınay, Şeyda Belli, Tülin Şentürk, Mehmet Tokgöz, Emine Balkan, Ümit Taşkın
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, Vol 53, Iss 2, Pp 90-92 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2667-7474
DOI: 10.5152/tao.2015.603
Popis: Meningiomas are generally slow-growing benign tumors associated with the dura. They form lumps that mostly grow extra-axially, by repulsing, rather than infiltrating the surrounding neural parenchyma. Majority of meningiomas are intracranial. However, although rare, meningioma formation has been reported in almost all other organs. We report the case of a patient with an extra- neuraxial meningioma presenting as a nasopharyngeal mass
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