[Child nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]

An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am. 2005;32(5):483-90.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Angiofibromas are benign tumors, highly vascularized, that affect male adolescents and young men. We present a clinical case of an 11-year-old patient with an angiofibroma of the nasopharynx, reviewing the etiopathogenic theories and current surgical approaches.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiofibroma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Angiofibroma / pathology*
  • Angiofibroma / surgery
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed