title: Ectopic meningioma: a case report with a literature review.
abstract: Ectopic (extradural) meningiomas that do not originate from either the optic fascicle or the intracranial meninges are exceedingly rare. A patient with an ectopic meningioma in the external auditory canal and mastoid was treated in our unit. The world literature of the last 20 years was reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Whipps Cross Hospital, London, UK. drgauravkr@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kamal
authors.forename: P M S
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Jiskoot
mesh_terms: D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D004424:Ear Canal; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed