a large parapharyngeal mass in a five-year-old girl: a case report

Lesions in the parapharyngeal space are rare and account for 0.5-1.5% of all head and neck tumours. of these, venous malformations represent 1% of all parapharyngeal space tumors. in the current paper, we reported a 5-year-old patient who presented with a soft tissue swelling of the parapharyngeal space that was discovered by her parents after two weeks following adenoidectomy. the mri revealed a tumour within the parapharyngeal space with a well-defined mass with low-signal intensity on t1 and high on t2. the internal flow voids also proposed phleboliths. therefore, the tumour was removed by an intraoral approach. the post-op pathology result explicated a venous malformation.