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Retropharyngeal hemangioma

MedGen UID:
1705513
•Concept ID:
C5139442
•
Neoplastic Process
HPO: HP:0410273

Definition

A hemangioma, a benign tumor of the vascular endothelial cells, that is located in the retropharyngeal space, the portion of the peripharyngeal space that is located posterior to the pharynx. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVRetropharyngeal hemangioma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Evaluation and management of neck masses in children.
Meier JD, Grimmer JF
Am Fam Physician 2014 Mar 1;89(5):353-8. PMID: 24695506

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Evaluation and management of neck masses in children.
Meier JD, Grimmer JF
Am Fam Physician 2014 Mar 1;89(5):353-8. PMID: 24695506

Diagnosis

An unusually large cavernous hemangioma of retropharyngeal space: a rare case.
Tian L, Zhang J, Jiao Y, Liu T, Liu M
Int Surg 2015 May;100(5):958-61. doi: 10.9738/INTSURG-D-14-00219.1. PMID: 26011223Free PMC Article
Evaluation and management of neck masses in children.
Meier JD, Grimmer JF
Am Fam Physician 2014 Mar 1;89(5):353-8. PMID: 24695506
Intramuscular hemangioma of the retropharyngeal space.
Boricić I, Stojsić Z, Mikić A, Brasanac D, Tomanović N, Bacetić D
Vojnosanit Pregl 2007 Jul;64(7):485-8. doi: 10.2298/vsp0707485b. PMID: 17821925
Oral cavity and pharynx.
Yousem DM, Chalian AA
Radiol Clin North Am 1998 Sep;36(5):967-81, vii. doi: 10.1016/s0033-8389(05)70071-3. PMID: 9747196
Stridor in childhood.
McBride JT
J Fam Pract 1984 Dec;19(6):782-90. PMID: 6502082

Therapy

Complicated surgical resection of malignant tumors in the upper cervical spine after failed ion-beam radiation therapy.
Matsumoto M, Watanabe K, Ishii K, Tsuji T, Takaishi H, Nakamura M, Toyama Y, Chiba K, Imanishi Y, Kishi K, Kawana H
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2010 May 15;35(11):E505-9. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181caa86c. PMID: 20421861

Prognosis

Stridor in childhood.
McBride JT
J Fam Pract 1984 Dec;19(6):782-90. PMID: 6502082

Clinical prediction guides

An unusually large cavernous hemangioma of retropharyngeal space: a rare case.
Tian L, Zhang J, Jiao Y, Liu T, Liu M
Int Surg 2015 May;100(5):958-61. doi: 10.9738/INTSURG-D-14-00219.1. PMID: 26011223Free PMC Article
Complicated surgical resection of malignant tumors in the upper cervical spine after failed ion-beam radiation therapy.
Matsumoto M, Watanabe K, Ishii K, Tsuji T, Takaishi H, Nakamura M, Toyama Y, Chiba K, Imanishi Y, Kishi K, Kawana H
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2010 May 15;35(11):E505-9. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181caa86c. PMID: 20421861
Stridor in childhood.
McBride JT
J Fam Pract 1984 Dec;19(6):782-90. PMID: 6502082

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