Parapharyngeal
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Beyond the pharynx not-comparable
"Figure 3 Postsurgical MRI Gadolinium contrast-enhanced T2-weighted coronal and axial MRI images demonstrate a residual T2 hypointense, enhancing soft tissue mass involving the anterior left maxillary sinus, premaxillary soft tissues, and extending superiorly into the extraconal soft tissues of the left orbit (see arrows). Figure 4 Restaging FDG-PET/CT PET-CT revealing FDG-avid lesions in the anteromedial left maxillary sinus surgical bed, as well as FDG-avid right adenoid tonsillar lesion, squamous temporal bone involvement, and left parapharyngeal nodes (see arrows)."
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More examples"Figure 3 Postsurgical MRI Gadolinium contrast-enhanced T2-weighted coronal and axial MRI images demonstrate a residual T2 hypointense, enhancing soft tissue mass involving the anterior left maxillary sinus, premaxillary soft tissues, and extending superiorly into the extraconal soft tissues of the left orbit (see arrows). Figure 4 Restaging FDG-PET/CT PET-CT revealing FDG-avid lesions in the anteromedial left maxillary sinus surgical bed, as well as FDG-avid right adenoid tonsillar lesion, squamous temporal bone involvement, and left parapharyngeal nodes (see arrows)."
Etymology
From para- + pharyngeal.
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