BACKGROUND Pleomorphic adenoma in the parapharyngeal space either occurs de novo or as an extension from the deep lobe of the parotid gland. CASE PRESENTATION A rare synchronous occurrence of pleomorphic adenoma in the parapharyngeal space and submandibular gland of a 48-year-old Nigerian male is reported. CONCLUSION Pleomorphic adenoma concurrent in the parapharyngeal space and submandibul...

Introduction: Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma (EES) of the head and neck region is a rare occurrence, and Ewing’s sarcoma of the parapharyngeal space is even rarer. To the best of our knowledge, only three cases of EES of the parapharyngeal space have been reported in the literature.   Case Report: We report a rare case of EES of the parapharyngeal space in an 8-year-old girl. She presented with c...

Parapharyngeal space tumors are rare and constitute only 0.5-1.0% of head and neck tumors. Minor salivary gland tumor is still rare in parapharyngeal space. We are reporting a case of pleomorphic adenoma of minor salivary gland of parapharyngeal space. A 42-year-old female presented with a history of mass in the oropharynx for 3 years. She presented with "hot potato voice" and dysphagia. CECT a...

Metastases to parapharyngeal or retropharyngeal lymph nodes are rare in well-differentiated thyroid cancers. A review of English literature found only 112 cases reported in the last two decades, with an incidence of parapharyngeal lymph nodes metastases ranging from 0.43 to 2.5%. Surgical resection is the most effective treatment for patients with parapharyngeal lymph node metastasis from thyro...

OBJECTIVE To develop a minimally invasive surgical technique for the treatment of parapharyngeal space and infratemporal fossa skull base neoplasms using the technical and optical advantages of robotic surgical instrumentation. DESIGN A robotics skull base surgery program at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, was initiated in the fall of 2005. Six experimental procedures focusing o...

We performed percutaneous CT-guided needle biopsies with a transfacial approach in the diagnosis of lesions of the parapharyngeal region. Via the buccal space, core needle biopsy specimens were obtained in eight patients with known parapharyngeal abnormalities identified by CT and/or MR imaging. In all cases, sufficient tissue was obtained to provide a definitive histologic diagnosis. There wer...

Introduction. De novo pleomorphic adenomas in the parapharyngeal space are rare and cause difficulties in its surgical management. We report the largest de novo pleomorphic adenoma arising from the parapharyngeal space and discuss its surgical management. Presentation of Case. A 34-year-old male presented with a giant de novo pleomorphic adenoma arising from the parapharyngeal space, which was ...

A 24-year-old man was admitted to our Otolaryngology Department following a head and neck CT scan performed for cranial trauma that showed a bulky neoformation in the right parapharyngeal space. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the presence of an oval formation with sharp margins and colliquative areas of necrosis involving the right parapharyngeal space. The mass was completely excised by ...

nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a relatively uncommon vascular tumor affecting adolescent males and it characteristically originates in the posterior lateral wall of the nasopharynx. primary extra-nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is very rare. here, i present a case of angiofibroma of the parapharyngeal space in a 53-year-old woman with ct and sonographic findings.

The current study presents a rare case of osteoblastic osteosarcoma arising from an extremely rare site, namely, the parapharyngeal space. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of an osteosarcoma in the parapharyngeal space with pathological correlation. A 56-year-old male presented with a mass of the right facial ...