A Benign, Mature, Parapharyngeal Teratoma Presenting in an Adult

Radiol Case Rep. 2015 Dec 7;2(4):46. doi: 10.2484/rcr.v2i4.46. eCollection 2007.

Abstract

We present a case of an adult female who presented mildly symptomatic and with a history of having a mass removed from her neck as an infant. Radiographic imaging detected the presence of a heterogeneous, encapsulated mass in the parapharyngeal space that was surgically resected, and subsequently pathologically confirmed to be a benign, mature cystic teratoma.

Keywords: CT, computed tomography; CTA, computed tomographic angiogram; FRFSE, Fast Recovery Fast Spin Echo; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.

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  • Case Reports