parapharyngeal

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English

Etymology

From para- +‎ pharyngeal.

Pronunciation

Adjective

parapharyngeal (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Beyond the pharynx
    • 2015, Alexander Muacevic et al., “Sinonasal NUT-Midline Carcinoma – A Multimodality Approach to Diagnosis, Staging and Post-Surgical Restaging”, in Cureus, volume 7, →DOI:
      Figure 3 Postsurgical MRI Gadolinium contrast-enhanced T2-weighted coronal and axial MRI images demonstrate a residual T2 hypointense, enhancing soft tissue mass involving the anterior left maxillary sinus, premaxillary soft tissues, and extending​ superiorly into the extraconal soft tissues of the left orbit (see arrows).​ Figure 4 Restaging FDG-PET/CT PET-CT revealing FDG-avid lesions in the anteromedial left​ maxillary sinus surgical bed, as well as FDG-avid right adenoid tonsillar lesion, squamous temporal bone involvement, and left parapharyngeal nodes (see arrows).