Solid parapharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma: apropos of a case

Authors

  • Rafael Michel Coca Granado Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Yuniesky Jiménez Rodríguez Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Johamel R. Ramos Valdés Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Keywords:

parotid neoplasms, parapharyngeal space, adenoid cystic carcinoma

Abstract

Primary tumors of the parapharyngeal space are rare and account for only 0.5% of head and neck neoplasms. This space is an area similar to an inverted pyramid that begins at the base of the skull and extends to the greater horn of the hyoid bone, where its apex is located, and it is divided into two compartments: prestyloid and poststyloid. In the prestyloid portion, the salivary gland neoplasms, especially of the parotid gland, account for the majority of tumors. It is reported the case of a 41-year-old female patient with a history of lingual paresthesia, pain and trismus, who was diagnosed a solid adenoid cystic carcinoma of the left parotid deep lobe after conducting a transcervical-mandibular approach.

 


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Author Biography

Johamel R. Ramos Valdés, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Especialista de I Grado en Anatomía Patológica. Profesor Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara "Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz".

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Coca Granado RM, Jiménez Rodríguez Y, Ramos Valdés JR. Solid parapharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma: apropos of a case. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2013 Oct. 7 [cited 2025 Jun. 27];7(3):49-55. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/8

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2013): July-September

Section

Case Reports

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