2016_Head & Neck COURSE BOOK

CS Mass

CS Mass

paraganglioma

DD: neurogenic tumor / paraganglioma

© Bert De Foer, MD, Belgium

CS : “elevator space”

Spaces defined by DCF

 Parapharyngeal

PPS

 Parotid

PS

 Pharyngeal mucosal

PMS

 Masticator

MS

 Carotid

CS

 Retropharyngeal / Danger

RPS / DS

 Perivertebral

PVS

Retropharyngeal nodes

Retropharyngeal space (RPS) Contents

 Fat  Lymph nodes

– lateral retropharyngeal (Rouvière)

CT/MR cannot differentiate from “danger space”

C1 – C3 level

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