Difference between revisions of "Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma"
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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Classically adolescent males with recurrent nose bleeds. | *Classically adolescent males with recurrent nose bleeds. | ||
**Age range 8-41 in one series of 162 cases.<ref name=pmid24222212>{{Cite journal | last1 = Huang | first1 = Y. | last2 = Liu | first2 = Z. | last3 = Wang | first3 = J. | last4 = Sun | first4 = X. | last5 = Yang | first5 = L. | last6 = Wang | first6 = D. | title = Surgical management of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma: analysis of 162 cases from 1995 to 2012. | journal = Laryngoscope | volume = 124 | issue = 8 | pages = 1942-6 | month = Aug | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1002/lary.24522 | PMID = 24222212 }} | |||
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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 15 November 2014
Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a benign lesion of the head and neck.
General
- Classically adolescent males with recurrent nose bleeds.
- Age range 8-41 in one series of 162 cases.[1]
Microscopic
Features:[2]
- Fibroblastic cells with plump (near cuboidal) nuclei.
- Fibrous stroma.
- Abundant capillaries.
Images
Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma - intermed. mag. (WC)
Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma - high mag. (WC)
See also
References
- ↑ Huang, Y.; Liu, Z.; Wang, J.; Sun, X.; Yang, L.; Wang, D. (Aug 2014). "Surgical management of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma: analysis of 162 cases from 1995 to 2012.". Laryngoscope 124 (8): 1942-6. doi:10.1002/lary.24522. PMID 24222212.
- ↑ Klatt, Edward C. (2006). Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 144. ISBN 978-1416002741.