Jeyanthi K, Karthikeyan Ramalingam, Sherlin Herald J, Anuja N, Ramani Pratibha, Priya Premkumar, Chandrasekar T, Khan Naushad, Narayanan Vinod
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, College of Dental Surgery, Saveetha University, 162 P.H. Road, Velappanchavadi, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Head Neck Pathol. 2007 Dec;1(2):173-7. doi: 10.1007/s12105-007-0036-z. Epub 2007 Oct 26.
The infratemporal fossa is a deep retromaxillary space corresponding to the inferior aspect of the middle cranial fossa. Tumours in the infratemporal fossa are very rare; therefore experience in their diagnosis and therapeutic management is very limited. Tumors that are reported commonly in the infratemporal region are nasopharyngeal carcinomas, juvenile angiofibromas and adenoid cystic carcinomas. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in the English language literature of a pleomorphic adenoma presenting in the infratemporal space and probably arising from an ectopic minor salivary gland, along with a brief description of the surgical technique.
颞下窝是一个位于上颌后方的深部间隙，与中颅窝的下方相对应。颞下窝肿瘤非常罕见，因此其诊断和治疗经验非常有限。颞下区域常见的肿瘤有鼻咽癌、青少年血管纤维瘤和腺样囊性癌。据我们所知，这是英文文献中首次报道颞下间隙出现多形性腺瘤，且可能起源于异位小唾液腺，并对手术技术进行了简要描述。
