title: Transmaxillary excision of a rare cavernous hemangioma of the infratemporal fossa.
abstract: Cavernous hemangiomas that manifest as a primary tumor of the infratemporal fossa are exceedingly rare. We report such a case in a 40-year-old woman. Her lesion was excised via a transantral anterior approach. Although this approach is usually recommended only for biopsy, in selected cases it can be used to excise a lesion without causing any significant complications. We recommend the transantral anterior approach for relatively small, benign lesions that show no evidence of invasion into surrounding tissues because it does not expose the patient to surgical complications such as transient or permanent facial nerve injury or cosmetic deformity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. sarpsarac@ixir.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarac
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koybasi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*