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Hemangioma of the maxillary sinus: A benign and rare cause of epistaxis

Hemangioma of the facial sinuses is a rare pathology, and given the lack of clinical specificity, the differential diagnosis with a malignant lesion often arises. We report the case of a 32-year-old patient who consulted for recurrent epistaxis of moderate severity. The preoperative diagnosis of a h...

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Autores principales: Haloua, Meriem, Bouardi, Nizar El, Alami, Badre Eddine, Lamrani, Youssef Alaoui, Maaroufi, Mustapha, Fatemi, Hinde El, Ridal, Mohammed, Boubbou, Meryeme
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9157213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35663811
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.04.062
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Sumario:Hemangioma of the facial sinuses is a rare pathology, and given the lack of clinical specificity, the differential diagnosis with a malignant lesion often arises. We report the case of a 32-year-old patient who consulted for recurrent epistaxis of moderate severity. The preoperative diagnosis of a hemangioma of the left maxillary sinus was based on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging data, confirmed by the anatomopathological study of the surgical specimen, preceded by an embolization that facilitated the endoscopic surgical excision.