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[Ectopic meningiomas of the head and neck (report of 10 cases)]
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing 100005.
Objective:
To study the diagnosis and treatment of ectopic meningiomas of the head and neck.
Method:
A retrospective review was made of 10 patients with ectopic meningiomas of the head and neck, the pathological diagnosis was as follows: 2 case epithelial type, 2 case psammomatous type, 1 case transitional type, 1 case malignant meningioma and types of another 4 cases were unknown.
Result:
All patients were treated surgically, 4 patients with local recurrence were operated secondarily and no signs were observed with the follow-up of many years.
Conclusion:
Surgery was the choice of ectopic meningiomas of the head and neck.
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