A Huge Para-pharyngeal Mass: Excision through Trans-cervical Approach

Abstract

Pre-styloid compartment houses the deep lobe parotid, ectopic salivary glands, a small branch of the trigeminal nerve, the ascending pharyngeal artery, the pharyngeal venous plexus, and lymph nodes. The post-styloid compartment contains mainly adipose tissue, Internal Carotid Artery (ICA) and Internal Jugular Vein (IJV), cranial nerves IX-XII, the cervical sympathetic trunk, and lymph nodes.