[Primary neoplasms of the parapharyngeal space in material from the Otolaryngology Department, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznan]

Primary neoplasms of parapharyngeal space are rare. In this location the so called non-malignant tumors occur many times more than the malignant ones. In our paper, employing statistics, objective symptoms and complaints connected with these tumors were ordered according to frequency. In recent five years in ENT Department of Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznań 9 persons were surgically treated. The differentiated histopathological picture is discussed and described (6 malignant and 3 non-malignant). It can be claimed that MR is more useful in diagnosis than CT. The treatment is usually surgical; both external and oral approaches are used.