Abstract
Myofibroma is a rare, benign tumor of soft tissues representing the most common fibrous tumor of infancy. It has a wide array of presentations, most commonly in the head and neck region, constituting unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Myofibromas have typically a predilection for the mandible, and parapharyngeal involvement is extremely rare. This is the case of a six-year-old girl with an unusual presentation of myofibroma in the right parapharyngeal space compressing on the trachea and causing stridor and dyspnea. The patient was treated surgically and the mass was excised due to mass effect. She presented several months later with recurrence of the mass and the patient had to undergo a right modified radical neck dissection for better exposure and access of the tumor. This is the second case of parapharyngeal myofibroma reported in the literature and the first to have been excised using a modified radical neck dissection approach.
Citation
Sabri A, Korban Z, Rizk SA and Barazi RA. Parapharyngeal Space Myofibroma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. SM J Surg. 2015;1(1):1002.