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ArticleJournal of ultrasound2025

Ultrasound-guided diagnosis on a parapharyngeal mass.

Frisone Alessio, Antonio Scarano, Giulia Valentini, Andrea Boccatonda, Lorenzo Andreetto, Susanna Vicari

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Article in Journal of ultrasound, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Frisone AlessioDepartment of Innovative Technology in Medicine and Dentistry, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Antonio ScaranoDepartment of Innovative Technology in Medicine and Dentistry, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Giulia ValentiniDepartment of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio, 66100, Chieti, Italy.
Andrea BoccatondaInternal Medicine, Bentivoglio Hospital, AUSL Bologna, Via Marconi 35, Bentivoglio, 40010, Bologna, Italy. andrea.boccatonda@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9303-7790
Lorenzo AndreettoInternal Medicine, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, Bologna, Italy.
Susanna VicariInternal Medicine, Bentivoglio Hospital, AUSL Bologna, Via Marconi 35, Bentivoglio, 40010, Bologna, Italy.
University of Chieti-Pescara · ITIRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · ITLaboratori Guglielmo Marconi (Italy) · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Masses in the parapharyngeal area are rare and often due to infectious phenomena arising from the oral cavity or pharynx which lead to abscess formation. Less frequently, the lesion can be neoplastic. Tumours of the parapharyngeal space are rare, accounting for less than 1% of all head and neck neoplasms. We report the case of a patient who came to our observation for mandibular pain. Multiparametric diagnostic imaging was done thus showing a parapharyngeal mass. An ultrasound guided biopsy was performed by a transcutaneous route with a high median approach at neck level, to characterize the mass in the right tonsillar region. The histological examination reported the final histological diagnosis of sarcomatoid carcinoma.

Indexed as

Parapharyngeal SpacePharyngeal NeoplasmsUltrasonography, InterventionalDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansImage-Guided BiopsyBiopsyCancerNeckSarcomatoidUltrasound

Identifiers

PMID38551781
PMCPMC11947331
OpenAlexW4393313432

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