Tenosynovial giant cell tumor of the posterior pharyngeal space

Alexandros Poutoglidis; Nikolaos Tsetsos; Vasileios Chatzinakis; Christos Georgalas

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5351

Tenosynovial giant cell tumor of the posterior pharyngeal space

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Feb 6;10(2):e05351. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5351. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Authors

Alexandros Poutoglidis¹, Nikolaos Tsetsos¹, Vasileios Chatzinakis², Christos Georgalas^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital Thessaloniki Greece.
² Endoscopic Skull Base Centre Hygeia Hospital Athens Greece.
³ Medical School University of Nicosia Nicosia Cyprus.

Abstract

A 55-year-old man presented with dysphagia and a sore throat. Oral examination revealed a firm nodular mass in the midline of the pharyngeal wall. The tumor was en-bloc excised. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry confirmed the diagnosis of a tenosynovial giant cell tumor.

Keywords: giant cell tumor; oncology; pharyngeal space; pharyngeal wall tumor.