Endoscopic management of benign tumors extending into the infratemporal fossa: a two-surgeon transnasal approach.
OBJECTIVE
Preliminary results of the endoscopic two-surgeon technique for the management of benign infratemporal fossa tumors are presented.


METHODS
Four patients with juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, a patient with an inverting papilloma, and a patient with a maxillary nerve schwannoma were reviewed. The average age was 22.7 years; the male-to-female ratio was 5:1. The endoscopic anatomy and surgical technique are presented.


RESULTS
The two-surgeon technique allowed complete resection of all six tumors extending into the infratemporal fossa. There has been no recurrence of tumor within the infratemporal fossa, after a mean follow-up of 31.3 months (SD = 11.2 mo).


CONCLUSIONS
The two-surgeon transnasal technique allows benign infratemporal fossa tumors to be resected endoscopically.
Robinson
Simon
S
Wakefield Sinus and Facial-Plastic Centre, Wellington, New Zealand.
Patel
Nilesh
N
Wormald
P J
PJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D018308:Papilloma, Inverted / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*