A case of angiofibroma originating from the inferior nasal turbinate.
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.
Nomura
Kazuhiro
K
Department of Otolaryngology, Tohoku Employees' Pension Welfare Hospital, 1-12-1 Fukumuro, Sendai 983-8512, Japan. knom@hotmail.co.jp
Shimomura
Akira
A
Awataguchi
Toshiichi
T
Murakami
Kazuhiro
K
Kobayashi
Toshimitsu
T
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