Two Cases of Wooden Foreign Body in Parapharyngeal Space after Penetrating Injury / 대한이비인후과학회지

ABSTRACT

Foreign bodies of the parapharyngeal space are rarely encountered in the otolaryngological fields, and may cause severe complications such as descending suppurative mediastinitis, jugular thrombophlebitis with septic pulmonary emboli, cavernous sinus thrombosis, and carotid erosion. Therefore, early diagnosis and surgical intervention are needed to reduce morbidity and motality. Recently, we experienced two cases penetrating injury of parapharyngeal foreign bodies (woodstick). The one was penetrated in right parapharyngeal space from left medial canthal area and the other in left parapharyngeal space from left infraorbital area. They were removed by skin incision and transantral approach with Caldwell-Luc operation, and we report these cases with a review of literature.