Giant cell angiofibroma of parapharyngeal space: a report of a new location for a rare tumour.
Giant cell angiofibroma was first described as a distinctive orbital soft-tissue tumour in male adults; it is now recognized that this mesenchymal tumour can present in other anatomical regions. In this article, a case of giant cell angiofibroma of parapharyngeal space in a 25-year-old woman is described. Clinicopathologic features of this tumour are reviewed. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of giant cell angiofibroma arising in the parapharyngeal space.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Av. Manuel Siurot s/n, Seville, Spain. artasia@terra.es
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LM
González-Pérez
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F
Sánchez-Gallego
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JJ
Haro-Luna
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Infante-Cossío
D000071443:12E7 Antigen; D000328:Adult; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000032:analysis; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D045586:Intranuclear Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000032:analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014746:Vimentin / Q000032:analysis
D000071443:12E7 Antigen; D015703:Antigens, CD; D018952:Antigens, CD34; C061828:CD99 protein, human; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D014746:Vimentin