Primary myxoma of the temporal bone in a 17-year-old boy: case report.

Abstract

Only two cases of primary intracranial myxomas have been described previously in the literature: one patient had a primary intracranial myxoma in the pituitary fossa, and the other patient's myxoma was located in the posterior fossa. A rare case of primary myxoma of the temporal bone in a 17-year-old boy is described. The patient presented with a history of progressive left-sided hearing loss and increasing headaches of a few months' duration. An initial draining procedure in the left ear revealed extant mucous material, and further investigation showed a large calcified lesion involving the petrous and temporal bones and filling the middle fossa. At surgery, a large mucoid-appearing tumor was removed. The tumor pathology revealed a primary myxoma with bone and meningeal involvement. No clinical or histopathological evidence that it was a metastatic lesion was found. The features of myxomas on computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging, the histopathology, and surgical considerations are discussed.