Transoral excision of parapharyngeal ganglioneuroma
Parapharyngeal space tumors are rare, where they represent only 0.5% of all head and neck tumors. This paper describes a rare case of a ganglioneuroma isolated in the paraphayngeal space. A 7 years old female presented to the ENT outpatient clinic with sleep disturbance, snoring, mouth breathing and...
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2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Parapharyngeal space tumors are rare, where they represent only 0.5% of all head and neck tumors. This paper describes a rare case of a ganglioneuroma isolated in the paraphayngeal space. A 7 years old female presented to the ENT outpatient clinic with sleep disturbance, snoring, mouth breathing and dysphagia. Physical examination revealed a bulging mass in the posterior pharyngeal wall indicating a congenital laryngeal mass. On imaging, Gadolinium-enhanced multi-sequential multi-planer MRI of the neck demonstrated well-defined large mass. The patient underwent surgical excision of the mass trans-orally and postoperative histopathological examination of the mass confirmed the final diagnosis as ganglioneuroma with Schwannoma stroma dominant. Post-operatively, the patient was in a good condition with no complications has been observed to date. To conclude, ganglioneuroma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of parapharyngeal space masses in pediatric, regardless of the presentation. |
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| Item Description: | 2213-5766 10.1016/j.epsc.2020.101456 |