Guo Yuxing, Guo Chuanbin, Zhang Lei, Yu Guangyan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, People's Republic of China.
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2014 Jul;52(6):557-62. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2014.02.019. Epub 2014 Apr 24.
Pleomorphic adenomas of the parapharyngeal space are difficult to remove with a margin of normal tissue. We reviewed 29 cases of extracapsular dissection of a parapharyngeal pleomorphic adenoma and found that extracapsular dissection does not increase the probability of recurrence of the tumour.