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83rd Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

16.05. - 20.05.2012, Mainz

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Parapharyngeal space tumors 76 case analysis

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  • corresponding author Guanglun Wan - Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, P.R. China
  • Sen Ling - Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, P.R. China
  • Jingwu Sun - Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, P.R. China
  • Yanming Hu - Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, P.R. China
  • Yinfeng Wang - Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, P.R. China

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. 83. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. Mainz, 16.-20.05.2012. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2012. Doc12hnod332

doi: 10.3205/12hnod332, urn:nbn:de:0183-12hnod3329

Published: April 4, 2012

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Objective: To improve the level of diagnosis and treatment of parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumors

Methods: This study retrospected 76 patients with parapharyngeal space tumors, all received surgery from 1990 to 2011 .The data included symptoms and surgical approach and pathological results.

Results: The common symptoms of parapharyngeal space tumors were asymptomatic(42/76), dyspnea(1/76) ,haematemesis(1/76) and pharyngeal symptoms (32/76 ) contained dysphagia, foreign body sensation and pain. The surgical approach included transcervical approach in 44 cases, transoral’s in 8 cases, combined transcervical and jaw’s in 13 cases and transparotid’s in 8 cases. 10 cases had tracheotomy. The last pathological results shows that the origin of these tumors was salivary account for 19/76, neurogenic for 44/76 and others for 13/76

Conclusion: Parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumors are difficult to diagnose because they have few symptoms and are surgically inaccessible. The commonest pathological examinations were neurogenic neoplasm and tanscervical approach was widely used.