RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in the Parapharyngeal Space: Tumor Spread through the Eustachian Tube
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 748
OP 750
VO 22
IS 4
A1 Jeong Hyun Lee
A1 Ho Kyu Lee
A1 Choong Gon Choi
A1 Dae Chul Suh
A1 Kwang Sun Lee
A1 Shin Kwang Khang
YR 2001
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/4/748.abstract
AB Summary: We report the CT and MR findings in a patient with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in the parapharyngeal space who had neither a family history nor stigmata of neurofibromatosis. A high-resolution CT scan of the temporal bone revealed bony erosion and widening of both the foramen ovale and the bony portion of the eustachian tube. A temporal bone MR image showed an intensely enhancing solid mass in the parapharyngeal space, which extended into the middle ear cavity via the eustachian tube.