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What does parapharyngeal mean?

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Adjective
  1. (anatomy) Beyond the pharynx
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Medical and surgical treatment of peritonsillar, retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscesses.
Anteriorly, it extended up to the epiglottic base in the parapharyngeal space.
A constant low level of tonic contraction also characterizes the parapharyngeal musculature, the striated muscles that share their innervation with the pharynx.
Parapharyngeal vagal neurilemmoma extending to the jugular foramen.
We report a rare case of necrotizing sialometaplasia of the right lateral nasopharynx with extension into the right parapharyngeal space in a 39-year-old man.
The infection may spread to involve the parapharyngeal or retropharyngeal spaces with complications including mediastinitis and septic thrombophlebitis.

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