Extracranial meningioma in the maxillary region

Extracranial meningioma consists of 1%-2% of all meningiomas. Because it is usually encountered by non-neurosurgeons and its main diagnosis is based on histological examination, it is really hard for "euro-laymen" to distinguish it from other common diseases. Herein we report a 59-year-old male patient with a large, painless mass on his maxilla, finally diagnosed as extracranial meningioma. This case is not frequently seen even in maxillofacial extracranial meningioma.