Korean J Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.
2006 Oct;49(10):1031-1034.
Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma with Intraoperative Serial Intratumoral Embolization : 2 Cases
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- 1Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. sookim@knu.ac.kr
Abstract
- Angiofibroma is a rare disease that is diagnosed typically in adolescent male patients as a nonencapsulated, submucosal spreading tumor. Because these tumors are highly vascular, embolization and surgery remain as the two major therapeutic tools. For reducing the blood supply of the tumor and decreasing intraoperative bleeding, embolization has become an effective preoperative procedure. There are two embolization methods which are intravascular and intratumoral embolization. Recently, we experienced two cases of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma that were resected by endoscopic approach after intraoperative serial intratumoral embolization with good results. We report these with a review of literature.
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