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CT Scan of the parapharyngeal tumour.
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With the clinical diagnosis of parapharyngeal tumour a CT scan of the head and neck was taken which showed a poorly enhancing tumour measuring 5 x 4 cm in the right parapharyngeal space, extending from the base of skull to the level of vallecula (Figure 1).
Photomicrograph showing epithelial ducts seen in a chondromyxoid stroma (Haematoxylin and Eosin x250)
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Ducts lined by inner epithelial and outer myoepithelial cells were seen surrounded by a chondromyxoid stroma consistent with pleomorphic adenoma (Figure 2).