pterygoid plexus

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Noun1.pterygoid plexus - a plexus of veins draining the region of the pterygoid muscles and draining into the internal maxillary and anterior facial veins
plexus, rete - a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
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Being superiorly bounded by the sphenoid bone, the infections of the infratemporal space may spread to the cavernous sinus through the pterygoid plexus or to the orbit due to a path through the ophthalmic veins (10).
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The vertebral veins in turn communicate superiorly with the pterygoid plexus cavernous sinus and superior portion of the pharyngeal plexus hence providing a pathway for metastasis to the tongue.8Head and neck metastases are commonly associated with widespread metastasis of other sites as seen in our patient with dismal prognosis.
Tongue metastasis as an initial manifestation of distant metastasis in Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma
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