Tumours of Parapharyngeal space
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Superiorly – Skull base Inferiorly – Greater cornu of hyoid and Submandibular gland fascia Laterally – Ascending ramus of mandible Medially – Superior constrictor muscle and pharyngobasilar fascia with tonsillar fossa Anteriorly – Interpterygoids and buccinators fascia, tail of Submandibular gland Posteriorly – Vertebral column, paravertebral muscles. Posterolaterally – Parotid fascia, posterior belly of diagastric muscle
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Parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumours, most of them benign, account for some 0.5% of tumours of the head and neck. The importance of these tumours lies mainly in two aspects: on the one hand, the difficulty of early diagnosis, due to the lack of symptoms in the initial stages and, on the other, the extreme complications of performing surgery in the parapharyngeal region. This article discusses two...
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