Extranasopharyngeal Angiofibroma Originating in the Inferior Turbinate: A Distinct Clinical Entity at an Unusual Site
Abstract Introduction The extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma is histologically similar to juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, differing from the latter in clinical and epidemiologic characteristics. Objectives We present a case of extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma originatin...
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Introduction The extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma is histologically similar to juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, differing from the latter in clinical and epidemiologic characteristics.
Objectives We present a case of extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma originating in the inferior turbinate.
Resumed Report The patient was a girl, 8 years and 6 months of age, who had constant bilateral nasal obstruction and recurrent epistaxis for 6 months, worse on the right side, with hyposmia and snoring. Nasal endoscopy showed a reddish lesion, smooth, friable, and nonulcerated. Computed tomography showed a lesion with soft tissue density in the right nasal cavity. We used an endoscopic approach and found the lesion inserted in the right inferior turbinate. We did a subperiosteal dissection and excision with a partial turbinectomy with a resection margin of 0.5 cm. Histopathology reported it to be an extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
Conclusion Although rare, extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma should be considered in the diagnosis of vascular tumors of the head and neck. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74d60b15b52549329c665e10fc9be2112022-12-22T02:39:54ZengThieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology1809-97771809-48642014-08-01180440340510.1055/s-0034-1387811Extranasopharyngeal Angiofibroma Originating in the Inferior Turbinate: A Distinct Clinical Entity at an Unusual SiteMarco Antonio Ferraz de Barros Baptista0Fábio de Rezende Pinna1Richard Louis Voegels2Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, HCFMUSP, São Paulo, SP, BrazilDepartment of Otolaryngology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilDepartment of Otolaryngology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilAbstract Introduction The extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma is histologically similar to juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, differing from the latter in clinical and epidemiologic characteristics. Objectives We present a case of extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma originating in the inferior turbinate. Resumed Report The patient was a girl, 8 years and 6 months of age, who had constant bilateral nasal obstruction and recurrent epistaxis for 6 months, worse on the right side, with hyposmia and snoring. Nasal endoscopy showed a reddish lesion, smooth, friable, and nonulcerated. Computed tomography showed a lesion with soft tissue density in the right nasal cavity. We used an endoscopic approach and found the lesion inserted in the right inferior turbinate. We did a subperiosteal dissection and excision with a partial turbinectomy with a resection margin of 0.5 cm. Histopathology reported it to be an extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma. Conclusion Although rare, extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma should be considered in the diagnosis of vascular tumors of the head and neck.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0034-1387811angiofibromadifferential diagnosisinferior turbinate |
| spellingShingle | Marco Antonio Ferraz de Barros Baptista Fábio de Rezende Pinna Richard Louis Voegels Extranasopharyngeal Angiofibroma Originating in the Inferior Turbinate: A Distinct Clinical Entity at an Unusual Site International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology angiofibroma differential diagnosis inferior turbinate |
| title | Extranasopharyngeal Angiofibroma Originating in the Inferior Turbinate: A Distinct Clinical Entity at an Unusual Site |
| title_full | Extranasopharyngeal Angiofibroma Originating in the Inferior Turbinate: A Distinct Clinical Entity at an Unusual Site |
| title_fullStr | Extranasopharyngeal Angiofibroma Originating in the Inferior Turbinate: A Distinct Clinical Entity at an Unusual Site |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extranasopharyngeal Angiofibroma Originating in the Inferior Turbinate: A Distinct Clinical Entity at an Unusual Site |
| title_short | Extranasopharyngeal Angiofibroma Originating in the Inferior Turbinate: A Distinct Clinical Entity at an Unusual Site |
| title_sort | extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma originating in the inferior turbinate a distinct clinical entity at an unusual site |
| topic | angiofibroma differential diagnosis inferior turbinate |
| url | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0034-1387811 |
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