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...

BACKGROUND Vidian nerve schwannoma is an extremely rare type of facial nerve schwannoma. To the best of our knowledge, only 1 case has been reported. METHODS We report an additional case of vidian nerve schwannoma with middle cranial fossa extension in a 49-year-old Japanese woman. The surgical approaches for infratemporal fossa schwannomas are reviewed, and the maxillary swing approach we us...

Two patients developed orbital infection secondary to dental infections. In one patient the infection spread from maxillary premolar and molar teeth to the infratemporal and pterygopalatine fossa and then through the inferior orbital fissure to the subperiosteal space. A subperiosteal abscess in the posterior orbital wall developed, which subsequently spread within the muscle cone. In the secon...

Ectopic tooth eruption into an area other than the oral cavity is rare. Nasal septum, mandibular condyle, coronoid process and infratemporal fossa space have been reported as frequent locations for ectopic tooth eruption. Ectopic teeth located within the maxillary sinus may be asymptomatic, found only in routine examinations. Headache, sinusitis and nasal obstruction are some of the associated ...

The authors describe the surgical anatomy for the endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) to the ventrolateral skull base. The ventrolateral skull base can be divided into two segments: the upper lateral and lower lateral skull base. The upper lateral skull base includes the cavernous sinus and the orbit, while the lower lateral skull base includes the petrous apex, Meckel's cave, parapharyngeal sp...

Only four primary gliosarcoma case reports are described in the literature with transcranial (intradural to extradural) penetration into the region of the infratemporal fossa. This is the first report of a primary glioblastoma (GBM) that evolved into secondary or post-treatment gliosarcoma without evidence of a second de novo tumor and with extension into the left pterygomaxillary fossa.

BACKGROUND Because of the complexity of the local anatomy, tumors in the infratemporal fossa present a great challenge to oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Recurrent malignant tumors in this area are particularly difficult and precarious to resect because scars from previous operations may dislocate some important structures. METHODS From August 2010 to December 2013, all recurrent cases of ma...

We describe a rare case of SFT existing along the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve and extending down into the infratemporal fossa through the foramen ovale. The tumor showed heterogeneous hypointensity on T2-weighted images and marked enhancement on CT and MR images.

INTRODUCTION With continued advances in endoscopic techniques, recent years have witnessed significant innovation in surgical approaches to sinonasal and skull base pathology. A substantial number of open surgeries have been supplanted by endonasal procedures, and the spectrum of applications for such less-invasive methods has expanded considerably to encompass progressively larger, more comple...