Primary myxoma of the temporal bone in a 17-year-old boy: case report.
OBJECTIVE
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.


METHODS
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.


METHODS
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.


CONCLUSIONS
The features of myxomas on computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging, the histopathology, and surgical considerations are discussed.
Osterdock
R J
RJ
Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA.
Greene
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Mascott
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Amedee
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Crawford
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D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed