title: Parapharyngeal neurofibromas.
abstract: This paper is a retrospective study of 15 patients with parapharyngeal neurofibromas operated over a six year period. No patient presented with a neurological deficit. CT scans revealed a well encapsulated moderately enhancing mass in ten cases. The tumour was removed by a transcervical approach in ten cases while in five a cervical-transpharyngeal route with mandibulotomy was used; in three of the latter group the tumour was retropharyngeal. In two cases a recurrence was successfully excised. It was realized that a mandibulotomy was required when the internal carotid was displaced medially, or if the tumour extended to the base of skull or when its vertical diameter exceeded 8 cm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bahadur
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Deka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kapila
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D009333:Neck; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed