Deep Neck Space Flashcards
Pseudomass of the parapharyngeal space
Asymmetric terygoid venous plexus*
Congenital lesion of the parapharyngeal space
Atypical second branchial cyst
Inflammatory lesion of the parapharyngeal space
Abscess spread from adjacent deep facial spaces*:
PMS: adenoids, tonsillitis
Parotid space: Calculus disease
Masticator space: Odontogenic infection
Benign tumor of the parapharyngeal space
Pleomorphic adenopathy (benign mixed tumor) of salivary glands rest in the PPS
Lipoma
Malignant tumor of paraphrayngeal space
Mucoepidermoid and adenoid cystic carcinoma and malignant mixed tumor of salivary gland rest in the PPS
Direct spread of malignant tumor from adjacent deep facial space*:
PMS: Squamous cell carcinoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, minor salivary gland malignancy
Masticator space: Sarcoma
Parotid space: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma
Pseudomass of the pharyngeal mucosal space
Asymmetric fossa of Rusenmuller
Mucosal inflammation from infectious or radiation-induced pharyngitis
Inflammatory lesion of the pharyngeal mucosal space
Adenoidal or faucial tonsil hpertrophy Adenoidal or faucial tonsillitis Adenoidal or faucial tonsil abscess Post inflammatory dystrophic calcification Post inflammatory retention cyst
*Note:
Just remember adenitis and tonsillitis
Benign tumor of the pharyngeal mucosal space
Benign mixed tumor of the minor salivary gland origin
Malignant tumor of the phrayngeal mucosal space
Squamous cell carcinoma
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Minor salivary gland malignancy
Miscellaneous lesion of the pharyngeal mucosal space
Tornwaldt’s cyst
Pseudotumor of the masticator space
Accessory parotid gland*
Benign masseteric hypertrophy*
Cranial nerve V3 denervation
Congenital lesion the masticator space
Hemangioma
Lymphangioma
Inflammatory lesion of the masticator space
Odontogenic abscess*
Mandibular osteomyelitis
Benign tumor of the masticator space
Osteoblastoma
Leiomyoma
Neural sheath tumor (neurofibroma, schwannoma)
*Note:
Bone, muscle, nerve
Malignant tumor of the masticator space
Sarcoma*:
Soft tissue
Chondrosarcoma
Osteosarcoma
Malignant schwannoma Non-Hodgkin lymphoma* Squamous cell carcinoma from oropharynx (retromolar trigone)* Rhabdomyosarcoma (paediatric)* Mandibular metastases