CLINICAL CASES   

Otorinolaringologia 1998 December;48(4):183-6

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language: English

Malignant nerve sheath tumor of parapharyngeal space. A case report

Jha B. C., Uppal K. S., Nagarkar N. M., Mohan H., Dass A.

From the Department of Otolaryngology and Pathology, Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, India

Pri­mary malig­nant neo­plasms of par­a­pha­ryn­geal ­space are uncom­mon. The major­ity of par­a­pha­ryn­geal ­space ­tumors are ­benign.
Neu­ro­gen­ic ­tumors are the sec­ond com­mon­est ­tumors of the par­a­pha­ryn­geal ­space but malig­nant ­nerve ­sheath ­tumors are extreme­ly ­rare.
We ­present ­here a ­case of “Malig­nant ­nerve ­sheath ­tumor of the par­a­pha­ryn­geal ­space” as a ­rare ­entity. Our ­patient was suc­cess­ful­ly treat­ed by exci­sion of the ­tumor by the trans­cer­vi­cal sub­man­dib­u­lar ­approach fol­lowed by post­op­er­a­tive radio­ther­a­py.