Posterior cranial fossa and temporal bone meningioma in a child, appearing as a neck mass.
Meningiomas are usually benign lesions that rarely involve the temporal bone and rarely occur in children or adolescents. A case of a posterior cranial fossa and temporal bone meningioma in a 9-year-old girl is presented; no similar case was found in the world literature.
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology