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Intramuscular myxoma: a rare neck mass in a child
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Intramuscular myxoma: a rare neck mass in a child

Stanley J Crankson, Mohammed Al Namshan, Khaled Al Mane and Hanaa Bamefleh
Pediatric radiology, Vol.32(2), pp.120-122
01/02/2002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-001-0603-5
PMID: 11819080

Abstract

Child, Preschool Diagnosis, Differential Female Head and Neck Neoplasms - diagnosis Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery Humans Myxoma - diagnosis Myxoma - surgery Tomography, X-Ray Computed Ultrasonography
Intramuscular myxoma (IM) is a true mesenchymal benign tumour which is rare in both adults and children. In children, it most commonly affects the heart, mandible or maxilla. We report a 5-year-old child with IM presenting as a posterolateral neck mass and review the literature. IM, although very rare, should be included in the differential diagnosis of neck masses in the paediatric age group.

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