Year: 2025 | Month: January-March | Volume: 10 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 54-56
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20250106
Mammoth Parapharyngeal Space Tumor - A Case Report
K Geetha Mala1, Anshu Kumar2, Rashmi K Patil3, Rekha M Haravi4
1,3Associate Professor,
2 Post Graduate, 4 Professor and Head;
Department of Pathology, Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences, Belagavi
Corresponding Author: K Geetha Mala
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