Angiofibroma of the Nose

Concurrent Mucosal Melanoma and Angiofibroma of the Nose

Malignant melanoma rarely develops in the paranasal sinuses, and generally has a poor prognosis. However, mucosal melanoma can masquerade both clinically and histopathologically as a benign lesion, rendering accurate early diagnosis difficult. On the other hand, angiofibroma, a benign tumor, is more easily diagnosed than a mucosal melanoma, because the former exhibits specific histopathological...

Angiofibroma of the hypopharynx.

Primary extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma is very rare. To date, approximately 60 cases have been reported in the English literature. Only 1 case was confined to the posterior wall of hypopharynx. In August 2000, a 68-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of progressive foreign-body sensation in the throat and intermittent inspiratory stridor. Endoscopic examination of the larynx and pha...

Middle turbinate angiofibroma: an unusual location for juvenile angiofibroma Angiofibroma de concha média: uma localização rara de angiofibroma juvenil

Os angiofibromas são os tumores vasculares histologicamente benignos mais frequentemente encontrados, com potencial destrutivo local, geralmente originários da parede lateral posterior da nasofaringe. Essas neoplasias são mais comumente observadas em adolescentes do sexo masculino e raramente são encontradas depois dos 25 anos. Raramente os angiofibromas se situam em locais extranasofaríngeos, ...

Retropharyngeal angiofibroma.

Juvenile angiofibroma

Recognized since ancient times by Hippocrates, juvenile angiofibroma is an uncommon, benign and extremely vascular tumour that arises in the tissues within the sphenopalatine foramen. Rarely, it is found at other sites in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Juvenile angiofibroma accounts for less than 0.5 percent of all head and neck tumours. It develops almost exclusively in adolescent mal...