title: Intramuscular head and neck myxoma: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: Intramuscular myxoma of the head and neck is a rare lesion with only six cases documented in the literature. The tumor demonstrates a benign clinical course without a tendency to recur and is occasionally associated with fibrous dysplasia. It thus deserves to be considered in a separate class from other soft tissue myxomas. The seventh case of a head and neck intramuscular myxoma is presented and the clinical, pathological, and CT characteristics of this tumor are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles; D009334:Neck Muscles; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed