Advanced skin malignancies involving the temporal bone can involve the temporomandibular joint and glenoid fossa. Many of these tumors can be removed with a lateral temporal bone resection; however, extensive involvement of the glenoid fossa should include an en bloc resection of the temporal bone, glenoid fossa, and condyle. We describe a novel surgical approach that is an extension of a temporal bone resection that includes the glenoid fossa and condyle in an en bloc resection with the temporal bone. This procedure has been performed in 7 patients with advanced carcinoma of the temporal bone involving the glenoid fossa. There were no short-term complications as a result of the surgical approach. The addition of a middle fossa craniotomy and inclusion of the glenoid fossa and condyle as part of an en bloc resection of the temporal bone can be performed safely. © 2015, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Kutz, J. W., Mitchell, D., Isaacson, B., Roland, P. S., Allen, K. P., Sumer, B. D., … Myers, L. L. (2015). En Bloc Resection of the Temporal Bone and Temporomandibular Joint for Advanced Temporal Bone Carcinoma. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 152(3), 571–573. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599814567857
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