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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