Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumors are uncommon and represent 0.5% of all head and neck tumors. About 50% of PPS tumors have a salivary cause, 20% have a neurogenic, and the last 30% display as benign and malignant lymphoreticular lesions, metastatic lesions and carotid body tumors. We present a 23 year man, with large PPS tumor, which emphasis on the preoperative workup with imaging and cytology/biopsy as paramount for the diagnosis and planning of the surgery of PPS tumor. Keywords: Parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumors, neural tumor, schwannomas, S-100
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4406882988