Hemangiomas account for 0.4-0.6% of all tumors the parotid gland. With about 50 cases reported worldwide in adults, diagnosing a hemangioma gland can be difficult. An accurate diagnosis hemangiomas adults before excision is challenging. We report case 54-year-old woman with left mass five years duration, which was rapidly increasing size over last one year. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sugg...

BACKGROUND Vagus nerve schwannoma is a benign neoplasm that usually presents as an asymptomatic slow growing mass, and its presentation as a neck mass is rare. The diagnosis can be difficult to make and complete surgical excision is challenging due to the proximity of the vagus nerve fibers from which it originates. The most common symptom associated with vagus nerve schwannoma arising in the n...

Study Objective. To describe the clinical presentation, evaluation, and treatment of a hypoglossal schwannoma. Methods. We report an unusual case of a hypoglossal schwannoma presenting as a pulsatile level II neck mass at the bifurcation of the external and internal carotid arteries, mimicking a carotid body tumor. Radiologic findings are reviewed in detail. Results. A 59-year-old female presen...

Background/aim: Our aim was to interpret the effects of deep neck space abscesses on the adjacent carotid artery according to abscess location, as well as to determine narrowing by calculating the mean stenosis ratios.Materials and methods: Neck computed tomography scans and clinical data of 45 children with neck abscesses were evaluated retrospectively for abscess location and internal carotid...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To study the histopathological features of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma and the accuracy of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). STUDY DESIGN Prospective. METHODS Whole-organ study of nasopharyngectomy specimens. RESULTS Between 2006 and 2009, 50 specimens were obtained after maxillary swing nasopharyngectomy and sent for whole-organ study. The tumors...

Tumors of the prestyloid parapharyngeal space are uncommon but challenging due to the variety of lesions encountered and the complex anatomy of the involved area. Fortunately, these tumors are generally benign, and therefore, they bring expectations from the patient and the physician that excision should lead to low morbidity and very low mortality. Since patients rarely die of these tumors, th...

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, posterio...