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Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005;131:537-538.

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Diagnosis: Prestyloid parapharyngeal space pleomorphic adenoma

Parapharyngeal space tumors represent 0.5% of all head and neck tumors.¹ Eighty percent of parapharyngeal space tumors are benign and 20% are malignant.² The most common primary lesions that arise in the parapharyngeal space are of salivary gland origin, and this type accounts for 50% of all primary parapharyngeal space tumors. Primary parapharyngeal space tumors of salivary gland origin include tumors of the parotid gland, salivary rest cells, and minor salivary gland within the submucosal pharynx. Eighty percent to 90% of these salivary gland tumors are pleomorphic adenomas (benign mixed tumors).³ These benign tumors are characterized by cellular pleomorphism and are composed of an epithelial and connective tissue component embedded in a stroma of mucoid, myxoid, chondroid, or osteoid origin.⁴

The parapharyngeal space is an inverted triangle with its base at the skull and its apex at the hyoid bone. It is anatomically bounded by the temporal bone superiorly, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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