title: [Ectopic meningiomas of the head and neck (report of 10 cases)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the diagnosis and treatment of ectopic meningiomas of the head and neck.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review was made of 10 patients with ectopic meningiomas of the head and neck, the pathological diagnosis was as follows: 2 case epithelial type, 2 case psammomatous type, 1 case transitional type, 1 case malignant meningioma and types of another 4 cases were unknown.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All patients were treated surgically, 4 patients with local recurrence were operated secondarily and no signs were observed with the follow-up of many years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgery was the choice of ectopic meningiomas of the head and neck.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing 100005.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies