Surgical Treatment of Cancer Extending from the Retromolar Fossa to the Masticator Space

Abstract

Cancer extending from the retromolar fossa to the masticator space with neck metastasis (T 4 N 2 M 0 , Stage IV) was surgically removed en bloc by maxillectomy using a mandibular swing technique. This approach allowed a wide surgical view and was useful as handling the external and internal pterygoid muscles and upper neck dissection could be combined. Though there have been several surgical approaches to the masticator space, in the case of tumors which are commonly malignant there, this approach is useful and satisfactory.