TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical management of primary parapharyngeal space tumors in 103 patients at a single institution
AU - Sun, Fenglin
AU - Yan, Yan
AU - Wei, Dongmin
AU - Li, Wenming
AU - Cao, Shengda
AU - Liu, Dayu
AU - Li, Guojun
AU - Pan, Xinliang
AU - Lei, Dapeng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Acta Oto-Laryngologica AB (Ltd).
PY - 2018/1/2
Y1 - 2018/1/2
N2 - Purpose: To evaluate clinical features, diagnosis, surgical management, and treatment of parapharyngeal space tumors in a single-center setting due to limited knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of parapharyngeal space. Methods: Clinical records of 103 patients were included for the analysis of such clinical characteristics. Results: A total of 29 different types of tumors were diagnosed after operation: 20 benign and 9 malignant. With a follow-up of 31–84 months for 90 benign cases, 84 cases had no recurrence and 6 cases were lost to follow-up. In contrast, with an 8- to 51-month follow-up for 13 malignant cases, 11 patients died and 2 were lost to follow-up. Furthermore, for postoperative complications, 3 cases had Horner syndrome, 2 had hoarseness, 2 had facial nerve dysfunction, and each for other types. Conclusions: Surgery remains the first choice for the treatment of parapharyngeal space tumors, with the transcervical approach used for most tumors. Moreover, CT or MRI may assist in making decisions about operation schemes.
AB - Purpose: To evaluate clinical features, diagnosis, surgical management, and treatment of parapharyngeal space tumors in a single-center setting due to limited knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of parapharyngeal space. Methods: Clinical records of 103 patients were included for the analysis of such clinical characteristics. Results: A total of 29 different types of tumors were diagnosed after operation: 20 benign and 9 malignant. With a follow-up of 31–84 months for 90 benign cases, 84 cases had no recurrence and 6 cases were lost to follow-up. In contrast, with an 8- to 51-month follow-up for 13 malignant cases, 11 patients died and 2 were lost to follow-up. Furthermore, for postoperative complications, 3 cases had Horner syndrome, 2 had hoarseness, 2 had facial nerve dysfunction, and each for other types. Conclusions: Surgery remains the first choice for the treatment of parapharyngeal space tumors, with the transcervical approach used for most tumors. Moreover, CT or MRI may assist in making decisions about operation schemes.
KW - Parapharyngeal space tumors
KW - diagnostic imaging
KW - head and neck neoplasms
KW - surgical treatment
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U2 - 10.1080/00016489.2017.1378433
DO - 10.1080/00016489.2017.1378433
M3 - Article
C2 - 28978248
AN - SCOPUS:85030681200
SN - 0001-6489
VL - 138
SP - 85
EP - 89
JO - Acta Oto-Laryngologica
JF - Acta Oto-Laryngologica
IS - 1
ER -