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angiofibroma


"juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma"
  • benign vascular nasopharyngeal tumor
  • adolescent males

  • supplied by pterygopalatine br. of maxillary artery
  • may extend into skull base, orbit, cranium
  • nasal cavity --> sphenopalatine canal --> pterygopalatine fossa

findings:
  • persistent dense stain
  • rarely, early-draining veins

DDx:
  • lymphoepithelioma
  • fibrous dysplasia


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  5 July 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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