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Benign Retropharyngeal Neoplasm

MedGen UID:
1695362
•Concept ID:
C5206837
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A neoplasm that arises from the retropharyngeal space and is characterized by the absence of atypical or malignant cytological and architectural features, and absence of invasive features or metastatic potential. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBenign Retropharyngeal Neoplasm

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
Radiologic criteria of retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with radiation therapy.
Zhang GY, Liu LZ, Wei WH, Deng YM, Li YZ, Liu XW
Radiology 2010 May;255(2):605-12. doi: 10.1148/radiol.10090289. PMID: 20413770

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging for discrimination of benign and malignant retropharyngeal nodes.
So TY, Ai QH, Lam WKJ, Qamar S, Poon DMC, Hui EP, Mo FKF, Chan KCA, King AD
Neuroradiology 2020 Dec;62(12):1667-1676. Epub 2020 Jul 16 doi: 10.1007/s00234-020-02494-w. PMID: 32676831
Spontaneous neck hematoma secondary to parathyroid adenoma: a case series.
Tessler I, Adi M, Diment J, Lahav Y, Halperin D, Cohen O
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2020 Sep;277(9):2551-2558. Epub 2020 Apr 11 doi: 10.1007/s00405-020-05959-z. PMID: 32279105
Diagnostic Accuracy and Scope of Intraoperative Transoral Ultrasound and Transoral Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Retropharyngeal Masses.
Vu TH, Kwon M, Ahmed S, Gule-Monroe M, Chen MM, Sun J, Fornage BD, Debnam JM, Edeiken-Monroe B
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2019 Nov;40(11):1960-1964. Epub 2019 Oct 3 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6236. PMID: 31582388Free 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
Retropharyngeal space: evaluation of normal anatomy and diseases with CT and MR imaging.
Davis WL, Harnsberger HR, Smoker WR, Watanabe AS
Radiology 1990 Jan;174(1):59-64. doi: 10.1148/radiology.174.1.2294573. PMID: 2294573

Diagnosis

Intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging for discrimination of benign and malignant retropharyngeal nodes.
So TY, Ai QH, Lam WKJ, Qamar S, Poon DMC, Hui EP, Mo FKF, Chan KCA, King AD
Neuroradiology 2020 Dec;62(12):1667-1676. Epub 2020 Jul 16 doi: 10.1007/s00234-020-02494-w. PMID: 32676831
Uncommon presentations of parathyroid adenoma.
Givens DJ, Hunt JP, Bentz BG
Head Neck 2013 Sep;35(9):E265-8. Epub 2012 Aug 21 doi: 10.1002/hed.23124. PMID: 22907766
Torticollis in infants and children: common and unusual causes.
Herman MJ
Instr Course Lect 2006;55:647-53. PMID: 16958498
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
Parapharyngeal and retropharyngeal space diseases.
Batsakis JG, Sneige N
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1989 Apr;98(4 Pt 1):320-1. doi: 10.1177/000348948909800416. PMID: 2650597

Prognosis

A huge retropharyngeal lipoma: a rare cause of dysphagia: a case report and literature review.
Ghammam M, Houas J, Bellakhdher M, Abdelkefi M
Pan Afr Med J 2019;33:12. Epub 2019 May 7 doi: 10.11604/pamj.2019.33.12.18541. PMID: 31303957Free PMC Article
Ossifying lipoma of c1-c2 in an adolescent.
Bohm KC, Birman MV, Silva SR, Lesperance MM, Marentette LJ, Beyer GR, Caird MS, Vander Have KL, Farley FA
J Pediatr Orthop 2011 Jul-Aug;31(5):e53-6. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e31821f913c. PMID: 21654449
CT-guided percutaneous core biopsy of deep face and skull-base lesions.
Connor SE, Chaudhary N
Clin Radiol 2008 Sep;63(9):986-94. Epub 2008 Jul 7 doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.04.013. PMID: 18718228
Congenital disseminated neurofibromatosis: a "benign" diagnosis with malignant prognosis.
Freud E, Mares AJ, Bar-Ziv J, Barki Y, Zaretsky A
Z Kinderchir 1987 Dec;42(6):378-80. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1075627. PMID: 3125698
Torticollis as the presenting sign in cervical spine infection and tumor.
Visudhiphan P, Chiemchanya S, Somburanasin R, Dheandhanoo D
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1982 Feb;21(2):71-6. doi: 10.1177/000992288202100201. PMID: 7056009

Clinical prediction guides

Peripharyngeal space tumors: Can magnetic resonance and multidetector-row computed tomography help predict location, malignancy and tumor type?
Muraz E, Delemazure AS, Mourrain-Langlois E, Bourget K, Malard O, Frampas E
Diagn Interv Imaging 2016 Jun;97(6):617-25. Epub 2016 Apr 5 doi: 10.1016/j.diii.2015.09.015. PMID: 27067176
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
Metastatic retropharyngeal lymph nodes: comparison of CT and MR imaging for diagnostic accuracy.
Kato H, Kanematsu M, Watanabe H, Mizuta K, Aoki M
Eur J Radiol 2014 Jul;83(7):1157-1162. Epub 2014 Mar 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.02.027. PMID: 24736007
Epidemiological profile of non-traumatic emergencies of the neck in CT imaging: our experience.
Giannitto C, Esposito AA, Casiraghi E, Biondetti PR
Radiol Med 2014 Oct;119(10):784-9. Epub 2014 Feb 20 doi: 10.1007/s11547-014-0389-9. PMID: 24553784
CT-guided percutaneous core biopsy of deep face and skull-base lesions.
Connor SE, Chaudhary N
Clin Radiol 2008 Sep;63(9):986-94. Epub 2008 Jul 7 doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.04.013. PMID: 18718228

Recent systematic reviews

Spontaneous neck hematoma secondary to parathyroid adenoma: a case series.
Tessler I, Adi M, Diment J, Lahav Y, Halperin D, Cohen O
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2020 Sep;277(9):2551-2558. Epub 2020 Apr 11 doi: 10.1007/s00405-020-05959-z. PMID: 32279105

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