TY - JOUR AB - Intramuscular myxoma (IM) is a rare mesenchymal tumor of the head and neck region. The current study reports a case of a 45-year-old man who presented with a painless neck mass. Imaging showed involvement of the levator scapulae and scalene muscles. Core needle biopsy was consistent with intramuscular myxoma. Surgical excision was performed and follow-up for 30 months showed no recurrence. The present study includes a systematic review of head and neck IMs, with a summary of the clinical and demographic param­eters of all reported cases in the head and neck region. Surgery was curative in 28 of the 29 published cases, as well as in the current case (96.7%), with the lone recurrent tumor cured following re‑resection. Females constituted 57% of the cases and the mean age was 49.7±20.4 years. Although uncommon, IM should be considered in the differential diagnosis of deep neck masses, and surgical excision is the treatment of choice with a low risk of recurrence. AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA Head and Neck Tumor Center, Department of Otolaryngology‑Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA Department of Pathology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA AU - Rachidi,Saleh AU - Sood,Amit ,J. AU - Rumboldt,Tihana AU - Day,Terry ,A. DA - 2016/01/01 DO - 10.3892/ol.2015.3864 EP - 470 IS - 1 JO - Oncol Lett KW - intramuscular myxoma cervical paraspinal tumor PY - 2016 SN - 1792-1074 1792-1082 SP - 466 ST - Intramuscular myxoma of the paraspinal muscles: A case report and systematic review of the literature T2 - Oncology Letters TI - Intramuscular myxoma of the paraspinal muscles: A case report and systematic review of the literature UR - https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3864 VL - 11 ER -