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. |