Transmaxillary Excision of a Rare Cavernous Hemangioma of the Infratemporal Fossa

Cavernous hemangiomas that manifest as a primary tumor of the infratemporal fossa are exceedingly rare. We report such a case in a 40-year-old woman. Her lesion was excised via a transantral anterior approach. Although this approach is usually recommended only for biopsy, in selected cases it can be used to excise a lesion without causing any significant complications. We recommend the transantral anterior approach for relatively small, benign lesions that show no evidence of invasion into surrounding tissues because it does not expose the patient to surgical complications such as transient or permanent facial nerve injury or cosmetic deformity.