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Gunjan Dwivedi1, Yamuna Ranganathan1, Arnab Bandopadhyay2
1Department of ENT, Command Hospital Eastern Command, 17/1E, Alipore Main Road, Alipore, Kolkata, 700027 India.
Abstract:
Solitary fibrous tumors are rare vascular tumours, earlier referred to as hemangiopericytoma. Their occurrence in parapharyngeal space is very rare. Hence, they should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of parapharyngeal soft tissue tumours. This case is being reported to bring out an extremely rare vascular tumour at rare site and represents a surgical challenge because of difficult access in parapharyngeal space with difficult planes between tumour and rest of parapharyngeal space, approach to it is also difficult.
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