Table 1.
Reported cases of intramuscular Myxoma in the head and neck.
| No. | Author, year | Age/gender | Location | Preoperative examination | Size (cm) | Recurrence (postoperative months) | Follow-up period (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enzinger, 1965 [3] | 55/F | Sternocleidomastoid muscle | N/A | 2.5 × 1.5 × 1.3 | Absent | 48 |
| 2 | Rosin, 1973 [4] | 44/M | Geniohyoid muscle | N/A | 2.0 | Absent | 18 |
| 3 | Kindblom et al., 1974 [5] | 42/F | Occipitofrontalis muscle | N/A | N/A | Absent | 144 |
| 4 | Canalis et al., 1976 [6] | 46/F | Lateral part of neck | N/A | N/A | Absent | 24 |
| 5 | Feldman, 1979 [7] | 62/F | Posterior neck | N/A | 3.0 | Absent | 120 |
| 6 | Bedrosian et al., 1984 [8] | 43/F | Masseter muscle | N/A | 1.0 | Absent | N/A |
| 7 | Wood, 1985 [9] | 51/M | Posterior neck | N/A | N/A | Present (2) | 192 |
| 8 | Nisijima et al., 1985 [10] | 16/F | Digastric muscle | US, CT | 1.5, 1.5 | Absent | 120 |
| 9 | Hashimoto et al., 1986 [11] | 43/F | Massester muscle | N/A | 2.0 × 1.0 | Absent | 55.2 |
| 10 | Shugar et al., 1987 [12] | 68/F | Levator scapulae muscle | CT, FNAC | 4.0 | Absent | 12 |
| 11 | Mockli et al., 1993 [13] | 60/F | Tongue | FNAC | 2.0 | Absent | N/A |
| 12 | Orlandi et al., 1995 [14] | 46/M | Orbicularis muscle | X-ray | 3.0 | Present (5) | 24 |
| 13 | Serrat et al., 1998 [15] | 62/M | Temporalis muscle | CT, FNAC | 5.0 × 4.0 | Absent | 9 |
| 14 | van Roggen et al., 2001 [16] | 56/M | Cheek | N/A | 3.0 | Absent | 49 |
| 15 | Crankson et al., 2002 [17] | 5/F | Posterior triangle | US, CT | 4.0 | Absent | 12 |
| 16 | Robin et al., 2004 [18] | 43/F | Temporalis muscle | CT, FNAC | 3.5 × 2.6 × 2.0 | Absent | 18 |
| 17 | Ozawa et al., 2004 [19] | 22/M | Scalene muscle | US, CT | 7.0 × 4.0 × 3.0 | Absent | 48 |
| 18 | Ishoo, 2007 [20] | 2/F | Posterior cervical triangle | CT, MRI, FNAC | 5.0 × 4.0 | Absent | 24 |
| 19 | Carlson et al., 2009 [21] | 15/M | Stapedius muscle | MRI | 0.6 × 0.4 | N/A | N/A |
| 20 | Falavigna et al., 2009 [22] | 64/F | Paraspinal muscle | CT, MRI | 15.0 | Absent | 12 |
| 21 | Papadogeorgakis, 2009 [23] | 74/M | Masseter muscle | CT, FNAC | 3.0 × 2.0 | Absent | 26 |
| 22 | Patsiaoura et al., 2010 [24] | 52/M | Mimetic muscle | MRI | 2.0 × 1.3 | Absent | 8 |
| 23 | Li et al., 2012 [25] | 45/F | Posterior neck | US,CT | 4.1 × 2.8 × 4.9 | Absent | 12 |
| 24 | Kalshi et al., 2013 [26] | 70/F | Sternocleidmastoid muscle | CT, MRI, FNAC | 2.0 × 1.2 × 1.6 | Absent | 60 |
| 25 | Higashida, 2014 [27] | 51/M | Temporalis muscle | CT, MRI | 6.5 × 4.0 × 3.0 | Absent | 6 |
| 26 | Li et al., 2014 [28] | 74/M | Hyoglossus muscle | CT | 7.9 × 7.9 | Absent | 36 |
| 27 | Tataryn et al., 2015 [29] | 57/F | Cervical paraspinal musclature | MRI | 2.0 | Absent | N/A |
| 28 | Egami et al., 2015 [30] | 76/M | Frontalis muscle | US | 2.0 | Absent | 12 |
| 29 | Rachidi et al., 2016 [31] | 45/M | Levator scapulae and scalane | US, CT, MRI | 2.7 × 2.5 × 1.4 | Absent | 30 |
| 30 | Custódio et al., 2020 [32] | 60/F | Masseter muscle | MRI | N/A | Absent | N/A |
| 31 | Nishi et al., 2021 [33] | 59/M | Medial pterygoid muscle | MRI | 1.75 × 1.36 × 0.71 | Absent | 6 |
| 32 | Mijalis et al., 2021 [34] | 86/F | Sternocleidmastoid muscle | CT, MRI, FNAC | 3.5 × 3.4 × 4.8 | Absent | 0.25 |
| 33 | Present case | 23/F | Tongue | MRI | 0.8 × 0.6 | Absent | 36 |
N/A: not applicable, CT: computed tomography, MRI: magnetic resonance imaging, FNAC: fine needle aspiration cytology.