A 44-years-old male presented with right infraauricular swelling. It had been four months since he was aware of the mass. He had not felt any pain or tenderness. Computed tomograpy demonstrated a homogenous, regular surfaced mass located in the prestyloid and poststyloid parapharyngeal space. Its density was concordant with lipomatous tissue, so it was considered to be an infiltrating paraphary...

BACKGROUND The metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma to the parapharyngeal space is rare and discussed in the English literature before. Encountering a parapharyngeal mass with cystic appearance on imaging, one should rule out thyroid malignancy as differential diagnosis. CASE PRESENTATION The case presented here is a 22-year-old woman who was referred to our clinic with complaints of pai...

Background: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma (MECxPA) is an extremely rare salivary gland malignancy. With only nine prior reported cases, this entity represents a challenging histopathological diagnosis. Methods: We present a case of a 71-year-old male with an enlarging left neck mass over several months. CT showed both a parapharyngeal space mass and a separate level II neck ma...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The oropharyngeal airways are smaller in those who snore than in those who do not. We sought to determine which soft-tissue component surrounding the airways contributes to upper airway narrowing in those who snore. METHODS Ten control subjects and 19 snoring patients underwent CT, with 2-mm-thick axial sections obtained every 0.6 seconds during the respiration cycle at...

The parapharyngeal space is an anatomic region that may present various forms of tumoral masses, different by histology, extension and location. For ENT aeromedical examinator, deciding the most proper surgical approach in this treatment may be difficult. The authors analyze diagnostic and treatment criteria used for parapharyngeal space tumors and review the surgical techniques used. Transcerv...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS A subtemporal preauricular approach to the infratemporal fossa and parapharyngeal space has been the traditional path to tumors of this region. The morbidity associated with this procedure has lead to the pursuit of less invasive techniques. Endoscopic access using a minimally invasive transmaxillary/transpterygoid approach potentially may obviate the drawbacks associated ...

INTRODUCTION Tumours of the parapharyngeal space are rare. Only 0.5% of head and neck tumours occur in this space. Surgical excision of parapharyngeal space lesions is challenging because of the anatomical complexity of the area. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 31-year-old male patient was referred by his general dental practitioner for removal of lower wisdom teeth due to multiple episodes of pericor...

Parapharyngeal space masses account for 0.5% of all head and neck neoplasms. Pleomorphic adenoma arising from the epithelial rests of the salivary tissue in the parapharyngeal space is rare. Computed tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) allows a precise topographical localization of the mass and the diagnosis of its nature in the majority of cases. Treatment of parapharyngeal pl...