[Complications of therapeutic embolization of juvenile angiofibroma of the nasopharynx]

F P García Ortega; D Hellín Meseguer; E Merino Gálvez; J Manuel Mondéjar; C Escobar Sánchez

[Complications of therapeutic embolization of juvenile angiofibroma of the nasopharynx]

Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 1991 Jan-Feb;42(1):51-3.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

F P García Ortega¹, D Hellín Meseguer, E Merino Gálvez, J Manuel Mondéjar, C Escobar Sánchez

Affiliation

¹ Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, El Palmar, Murcia.

PMID: 1645173

Abstract

We report two cases of major complications in therapeutic embolization of juvenile angiofibromas. We discuss no permanent and major complications of this procedure. A brief review of this illness is also presented.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Embolization, Therapeutic / adverse effects*
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / therapy*
Humans
Male
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / therapy*
Postoperative Complications