EXTRANASOPHARYNGEAL ANGIOFIBROMA IN A 15-MONTH-OLD CHILD (VOL 42, PG 135, 1997)

Authors
SCHICK B KIND M DRAF W WEBER R LACKMANN GM
Citation
B. Schick et al., EXTRANASOPHARYNGEAL ANGIOFIBROMA IN A 15-MONTH-OLD CHILD (VOL 42, PG 135, 1997), International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology, 43(1), 1998, pp. 99-104
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology,Pediatrics
Journal title
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01655876
Volume
43
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
99 - 104
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-5876(1998)43:1<99:EAIA1C>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Angiofibromas are usually characterized by typical location with invol vement of the posterior nasal cavity and nasopharynx. They are most co mmonly found in adolescent males. Despite these facts, a case of an an giofibroma presented in a 15-month-old boy at an atypical site anterio r and medial to the lacrimal sac. The tumor was resected via an endona sal, micro-endoscopic approach avoiding an external incision. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.