(1995) [14], the lodgment of foreign body in an area like
infratemporal fossa is quite rare and only few cases have been reported in the literature so far.
Keywords:
Infratemporal abscess; facial space infection; abscess;
infratemporal space infection
KEY WORDS: Inferior alveolar nerve, inferior alveolar artery, maxillary artery,
infratemporal fossa.
Although difficult to prove but recurrence in temporal region might be due to seeding into
infratemporal fossa during previous resection9.
A computed tomography (CT) scan shows a poorly defined mass in the
infratemporal fossa (Fig.
Though the name is accessory meningeal artery, it predominantly supplies the muscles, and nerves of the
infratemporal fossa.
In cases with extensive lateral extension to
infratemporal fossa with or without intracranial involvement, a midfacial degloving approach or Weber Ferguson's approach gave a good exposure for tumour clearance.
MRI with intravenous contrast was carried out; in the left
infratemporal fossa, an abscess (30 x 9 mm) enhanced on the periphery with the irregular contours was detected (Figure 2(b)).
Less commonly they can be found in the anterior neck,
infratemporal fossa, submandibular space, pharynx, larynx, and parotid gland and in or around the oral cavity [2,3].
A bullet in the maxillary antrum and
infratemporal fossa.
She presented to an outside emergency department, where head CT identified a 6 cm right temporal lobe mass growing through and destroying the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and invading into the
infratemporal fossa.