PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tira Galm
AU  - Fiona MacGregor
AU  - Anne-Marie Sinclair
AU  - John Hunter
AU  - Allan McPhaden
TI  - Extracranial meningioma presenting as a neck mass in a patient with underlying ankylosing spondylitis.
DP  - 2006 Sep 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 1883--1885
VI  - 33
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/33/9/1883.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/33/9/1883.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2006 Sep 01; 33
AB  - Extracranial meningiomas are rare. They account for only 2% of meningiomas compared to the much more common intracranial site. We describe a rare case of extracranial meningioma presenting as a neck lump in a patient with preexisting neck disease due to ankylosing spondylitis. Extracranial meningioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of atypical neck lumps. Investigations including magnetic resonance imaging and histopathology are discussed, as well as the results of a literature review on extracranial meningiomas.