| The tumor was resected via a postauricular infratemporal fossa approach. |
| Parotid gland, the largest of the three glands, located in the infratemporal region of the head. |
| In our case, the patient was found to have a chondrosarcoma of the left maxilla with extension into the infratemporal fossa. |
| As regards the skull, the quadrate is large and fixed, and supratemporal and infratemporal fossae bounded by bone occur. |
| After pre-operative embolisation, the tumour was resected from the infratemporal and pterygopalatine fossae, sphenoid sinus, nasopharynx, nasal cavity and maxillary antrum. |
| Upward extension of infection from the infratemporal space may involve either the retrozygomatic or the temporal space or both. |
