parapharyngeal

English

Etymology

para- +‎ pharyngeal

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪndʒiəl
• Rhymes: -iːəl
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒəl

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^[1], 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).