Solitary Fibrous Tumor of Parapharyngeal Space: A Rare Case Report.
Gunjan DwivediYamuna RanganathanArnab BandopadhyayTanushri MukherjeePublished in: Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India (2022)
Solitary fibrous tumors are rare vascular tumours, earlier referred to as hemangiopericytoma. Their occurrence in parapharyngeal space is very rare. Hence, they should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of parapharyngeal soft tissue tumours. This case is being reported to bring out an extremely rare vascular tumour at rare site and represents a surgical challenge because of difficult access in parapharyngeal space with difficult planes between tumour and rest of parapharyngeal space, approach to it is also difficult.
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