Extranasopharyngeal Angiofibroma: A Diagnostic Dilemma
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Angiofibroma arising outside the nasopharynx is unusual. The nasal septum is an extremely rare site for an angiofibroma to originate, and, to date, only 3 cases have been reported in the literature. We reported here the fourth case of nasal septal angiofibroma. A 27-year-old male patient with nasal deformity applied to the Erciyes University ENT Department. He also complained of nasal obstructi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2094-1501,1908-4889
DOI: 10.32412/pjohns.v33i1.31