Exponemos las características anatómicas de la fosa pterigopalatina (FPP) y la patología que se puede originar en ella. A continuación se muestra la experiencia quirúrgica en un caso de schwanoma de FPP de cinco centímetros de diámetro que pudo ser extirpada por cirugía endoscópica transnasal, evitando así un abordaje externo. Los schwanomas constituyen del 8 al 10% de los tumores intracraneales. Su asiento principal es la rama vestibular del VIII nervio craneal, siendo los trigeminales a nivel de FPP de escasa frecuencia.
We expose the anatomical characteristics of the pterygopalatine fossa (FPP) and the pathology that can cause it. Below is the surgical experience in a case of schwannoma of FPP five centimeters in diameter that could be removed by transnasal endoscopic surgery, being unnecessary an external surgery. Schwannomas constitute the 8-10% of intracranial tumors, normally localized in the vestibular branch of the VIII cranial nerve. A schwannoma of a branche of the trigeminal lnerve in the pterigopalatine fossa is exceptional.
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