RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fibromyxoma of the retropharyngeal space: MR appearance with pathologic correlation.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1793
OP 1795
VO 19
IS 9
A1 S Grand
A1 S Lantuejoul
A1 G Ferretti
A1 E Reyt
A1 J F Le Bas
YR 1998
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/19/9/1793.abstract
AB 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.