Parapharyngeal abscess is a life-threatening infection. It occurs due to spread of infection form anatomical locations in the vicinity of the space. Management of the deep neck infection is governed by the general condition of the patient, the extent of disease and patency of airway. In treatment of deep neck infections intensive antibiotic therapy and surgical drainage are complementary to eac...

Sinonasal squamous papilloma is a benign epithelial tumor having variable squamous differentiation. It occurs in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Malignant transformation of sinonasal squamous papilloma is responsible for cancer-related deaths worldwide. We reported a 52-year old man diagnosed as malignant transformation of a large sinonasal squamous cell papilloma. Moreover, bilateral n...

The sites of lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinomas are typically the paratracheal and jugular lymph nodes. On the other hand, metastasis to the retropharyngeal or parapharyngeal nodes from papillary thyroid carcinomas is very rare. During the last two decades, limited to cases with a histologically definite diagnosis by surgery, only 39 cases have been reported. All reported cas...

Leclercia adecarboxylata was isolated in pure culture from a peritonsillar and lateral pharyngeal abscess in an immunocompetent host. To our knowledge, this is the first case of infection caused by this microorganism being found in an odontogenic area of the head and neck.

When considering tumours of the parapharyngeal space,surgeons are presented with a difficult decision regarding surgical approach balancing cosmetically acceptable outcome clear resection margins. With careful patient selection and preoperative evaluation, it is possible to obtain both desired outcomes through an endoscopic assisted transoral (EATA). This does not require any new expensive equi...