During routine dissection of the temporal and infratemporal region of a 60-year-old male cadaver, a variation in the supply of the middle deep temporal nerve was observed. It was seen to arise from the anterior trunk of the mandibular nerve. It passed deep to the tendinous arch on the infratemporal crest to reach the temporal region, where it supplied the temporalis muscle. Then, it pierced the...

BACKGROUND Immunoglobulin G4 related disease is an inflammatory condition characterised by the presence of fibrotic lesions infiltrated by immunoglobulin G4 positive plasma cells. It can arise from almost any region of the body and it is being increasingly recognised in the head and neck. Regardless of the site of involvement, the histopathological resemblance is remarkable. Dense lymphoplasmac...

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a histologically benign, highly vascular tumor of the nasopharynx, which commonly presents in male teenagers. Morbidity from JNA is due to progressive obstruction of nasal respiration, bleeding, obstruction, invasion of paranasal sinuses, and in advanced cases due to intracranial extension. Intraorbital extension of tumor can lead to vision loss or ...

Address for Correspondence: Sunil Mathew, MBBS, Post-graduate student in Anatomy, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore – 560034. Mob: +91-7899513297 E-Mail: [email protected] Extradural meningioma occurs as extracranial extension of intracranial tumor. In this series we present two uncommon cases of extracranial meningioma extending into the infratemporal fossa (ITF). One patient present...