Primary Myxoma of the Temporal Bone in a 17-Year-Old Boy: Case Report

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OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: Only two cases of primary intracranial myxomas have been described previously in the literature: one patient had a primary intracranial myxoma in the pituitary fossa, and the other patient's myxoma was located in the posterior fossa. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A rare case of primary myxoma of the temporal bone in a 17-year-old boy is described. The patient presented with a history of progressive left-sided hearing loss and increasing headaches of a few months' duration. INTERVENTION: An initial draining procedure in the left ear revealed extant mucous material, and further investigation showed a large calcified lesion involving the petrous and temporal bones and filling the middle fossa. At surgery, a large mucoid-appearing tumor was removed. The tumor pathology revealed a primary myxoma with bone and meningeal involvement. No clinical or histopathological evidence that it was a metastatic lesion was found. CONCLUSION: The features of myxomas on computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging, the histopathology, and surgical considerations are discussed.

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Cranial base Myxoma Skull base Stereotactic

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10.1097/00006123-200104000-00055

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2001