title: Sclerosing cervicitis: report of a skull base lesion with literature review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Invasive fibrosclerotic lesions of the head and neck outside of the thyroid and orbit are extremely rare. To date 13 cases of sclerosing cervicitis have been described in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of a sclerosing inflammatory lesion encountered at the skull base in a 49-year-old woman.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After surgical excision and pathologic examination, this lesion was identified as sclerosing cervicitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case report contributes to an awareness of a rare lesion of the head and neck that presents clinical and treatment challenges for surgeons managing these patients.
authors.affiliation: Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Deussing
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Daroca
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Nemechek
mesh_terms: D002572:Cervical Plexus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012598:Sclerosis; D019291:Skull Base