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Primary Extracranial Meningioma: A Rare Location
Inara Carneiro Costa Rege1, Robson Rodrigues Garcia2, Elismauro Francisco Mendonça3,4
1Paulista University, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
Head and Neck Pathology
|April 13, 2017
Summary
Primary extracranial meningiomas are rare jaw tumors. This case report details a successful surgical resection and reconstruction for a mandibular meningioma, with no recurrence after five years.
Area of Science:
- Neurosurgery
- Oncology
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Background:
- Extracranial meningiomas, accounting for 2% of all meningiomas, are rare tumors.
- They can arise from direct extension of intracranial tumors or from ectopic arachnoid cells.
- Primary meningiomas of the jaw are exceptionally rare, with only eight cases previously reported.

