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American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 19, Issue 9 1793-1795, Copyright © 1998 by American Society of Neuroradiology

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Fibromyxoma of the retropharyngeal space: MR appearance with pathologic correlation

S Grand, S Lantuejoul, G Ferretti, E Reyt and JF Le Bas
MRI Units, Centre Hospitalier Regional & Universitaire de Grenoble, France.

A 19-year-old woman reported difficulties in swallowing and breathing. A submucosal mass, shown by MR imaging in the retropharyngeal space, was the cause of her symptoms. Histologically, the mass proved to be a fibromyxoma. The oval well-delineated lesion appeared hypointense relative to muscle and strongly enhanced after injection of contrast material on T1-weighted images; on T2-weighted images, it appeared hyperintense, and was seen to contain fibrous septa, which were hypointense on all sequences. This case delineates the characteristic MR features of a fibrous component within a rare benign tumor of the retropharyngeal space.




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