title: A case of angiofibroma originating from the inferior nasal turbinate.
abstract: Angiofibromas are nasopharyngeal tumors mostly seen in adolescent males. They account for less than 0.5% of all head and neck neoplasms. Extranasopharyngeal angiofibromas, although rare, have been reported. We report a case of extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma arising from the inferior turbinate of a 62-year-old male. The tumor was excised using the Denker approach. The patient is currently free of relapse 10 months after surgery. Previous extranasopharyngeal angiofibromas research was reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Tohoku Employees' Pension Welfare Hospital, 1-12-1 Fukumuro, Sendai 983-8512, Japan. knom@hotmail.co.jp
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimomura
authors.forename: Toshiichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Awataguchi
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Toshimitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D014420:Turbinates / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery