title: Minimally invasive transnasal approach to infratemporal fossa abscess.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Infratemporal fossa abscess following odontogenic infection is not rare, and usually occurs as a sequela of dental disease. Infratemporal fossa abscess was previously treated with the combination of buccal incision and temporal incision, or via a transoral approach.
  
  
  METHODS
  This paper reports a case of infratemporal fossa abscess in a 51-year-old female.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The abscess was drained transnasally via an endoscopic modified medial maxillectomy approach, preserving the inferior turbinate and nasolacrimal duct. The pain remitted the next day and trismus had diminished in one week.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The transnasal approach with endoscopic modified medial maxillectomy is a direct, minimally invasive method that provides a direct field of view for drainage of infratemporal fossa abscess. This approach is recommended for infratemporal fossa abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine,Sendai,Miyagi,Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine,Sendai,Miyagi,Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine,Sendai,Miyagi,Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takata
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine,Sendai,Miyagi,Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katori
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011626:Pterygoid Muscles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Abscess; Dental Caries; Endoscopy; Infection; Skull Base