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Extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma: clinical and radiological presentation
Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (NA) is a rare, vascular tumor affecting adolescent males. Due to aggressive local growth, skull base location and risk of profound hemorrhage, NA is a challenge for surgeons. Angiofibromas have been sporadically described in extanasopharyngeal locations. We review ten ca...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22584751 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-012-2041-4 |
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author | Szymańska, Anna Szymański, Marcin Morshed, Kamal Czekajska-Chehab, Elżbieta Szczerbo-Trojanowska, Małgorzata |
author_facet | Szymańska, Anna Szymański, Marcin Morshed, Kamal Czekajska-Chehab, Elżbieta Szczerbo-Trojanowska, Małgorzata |
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description | Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (NA) is a rare, vascular tumor affecting adolescent males. Due to aggressive local growth, skull base location and risk of profound hemorrhage, NA is a challenge for surgeons. Angiofibromas have been sporadically described in extanasopharyngeal locations. We review ten cases of extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma (ENA) and discuss the incidence, clinical presentation and management of this pathology. The group consisted of 4 males and 5 females aged 8–49. There were 7 patients with nasal angiofibroma, 1 patient with laryngeal angiofibroma, 1 patient with oral angiofibroma and another patient with infratemporal fossa tumor. In patients with nasal angiofibroma most common presenting symptoms were nasal obstruction and epistaxis. Patients with laryngeal angiofibroma suffered from mild dysphagia and patients with the infratemporal fossa tumor had painless cheek swelling. In four patients with nasal tumor computed tomography (CT) demonstrated mass with strong to intermediate contrast enhancement. In one patient with nasal tumor carotid angiography demonstrated pathological vessels without intensive tumor blush. Infratemporal fossa tumor showed intensive contrast enhancement on CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, and abundant vascularity on angiography. Laryngeal and oral angiofibroma required no radiological imaging. Three nasal tumors were evaluated before introduction of CT to clinical practice. All patients underwent surgery. No recurrences developed. ENAs differ significantly from NAs regarding clinical and radiological presentations. They lack typical clinical and radiological features as they develop in all age groups and in females, may be less vascularised, arise from various sites and produce a variety of symptoms. |
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spelling | pubmed-35609632013-02-01 Extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma: clinical and radiological presentation Szymańska, Anna Szymański, Marcin Morshed, Kamal Czekajska-Chehab, Elżbieta Szczerbo-Trojanowska, Małgorzata Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol Head and Neck Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (NA) is a rare, vascular tumor affecting adolescent males. Due to aggressive local growth, skull base location and risk of profound hemorrhage, NA is a challenge for surgeons. Angiofibromas have been sporadically described in extanasopharyngeal locations. We review ten cases of extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma (ENA) and discuss the incidence, clinical presentation and management of this pathology. The group consisted of 4 males and 5 females aged 8–49. There were 7 patients with nasal angiofibroma, 1 patient with laryngeal angiofibroma, 1 patient with oral angiofibroma and another patient with infratemporal fossa tumor. In patients with nasal angiofibroma most common presenting symptoms were nasal obstruction and epistaxis. Patients with laryngeal angiofibroma suffered from mild dysphagia and patients with the infratemporal fossa tumor had painless cheek swelling. In four patients with nasal tumor computed tomography (CT) demonstrated mass with strong to intermediate contrast enhancement. In one patient with nasal tumor carotid angiography demonstrated pathological vessels without intensive tumor blush. Infratemporal fossa tumor showed intensive contrast enhancement on CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, and abundant vascularity on angiography. Laryngeal and oral angiofibroma required no radiological imaging. Three nasal tumors were evaluated before introduction of CT to clinical practice. All patients underwent surgery. No recurrences developed. ENAs differ significantly from NAs regarding clinical and radiological presentations. They lack typical clinical and radiological features as they develop in all age groups and in females, may be less vascularised, arise from various sites and produce a variety of symptoms. Springer-Verlag 2012-05-15 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3560963/ /pubmed/22584751 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-012-2041-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2012 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Head and Neck Szymańska, Anna Szymański, Marcin Morshed, Kamal Czekajska-Chehab, Elżbieta Szczerbo-Trojanowska, Małgorzata Extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma: clinical and radiological presentation |
title | Extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma: clinical and radiological presentation |
title_full | Extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma: clinical and radiological presentation |
title_fullStr | Extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma: clinical and radiological presentation |
title_full_unstemmed | Extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma: clinical and radiological presentation |
title_short | Extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma: clinical and radiological presentation |
title_sort | extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma: clinical and radiological presentation |
topic | Head and Neck |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22584751 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-012-2041-4 |
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