Arteriovenous malformation of the nasopharynx: a case report.
Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the head and neck is a rare vascular anomaly but when present is persistent and progressive in nature and can represent itself truly as a lethal benign disease. We present here an unusual case of an AVM with the size of 1.5 cm x 0.8 cm at the adenoid tissue found in an 8-year-old boy, which is not previously reported in the literature where we treated the patient with surgery alone. Although bleeding is a common presentation with vascular malformations, we have not seen any bleeding in our case. After the surgery, paranasal sinus and neck CT were undertaken. They showed no other AVM.
Sisli Etfal Teaching and Training Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Department, Istanbul, Turkey. bernauslu@tnn.net
Berna Uslu
BU
Coskun
Esra
E
Sozen
Tulay
T
Basak
Seyhan
S
Alkan
Burhan
B
Dadas
D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000098:blood supply*; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome