Rare Parapharyngeal Space Tumor: One Case Of Pleomorphic Adenoma Of The Accessories Salivary Gland

Introduction: Parapharyngeal space tumors are rare, they represent only 0.5% of head and neck tumors. Among these tumors, Pleomorphic adenoma of salivary gland is the most benign tumor particularly developed in depends of the deep lobe of Parotid gland. This clinical observation allows us to describe a specific case of parapharyngeal tumor developed in depends of accessory salivary glands. Observation: We report the observation of a 43 years old patient without a specific pathological history which was diagnosed with a rare parapharyngeal tumor, the Pleomorphic adenoma developed in depends of accessory salivary glands. While doing a review of the literature we are discussing means of diagnosis and treatment of this affection. Conclusion: Parapharyngeal tumors are rare, they still raise the problem of precocity of their diagnosis and the most suitable surgical procedure