Angiofibroma from the Tail of the Inferior Turbinate

MUTLU V.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, cilt.47, ss.66-68, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Vaka Takdimi
  • Cilt numarası: 47
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/eajm.2014.44
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.66-68
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Angiofibroma, tail of the inferior turbinate, extranasopharyngeal angiofibroma, EXTRANASOPHARYNGEAL ANGIOFIBROMA, JUVENILE ANGIOFIBROMA
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Nasopharyngeal angiofibromas are benign and vascular neoplasms, which originate characteristically in the posterior lateral wall of the nasopharynx. They account for less than 0.5% of all head and neck tumours. Although angiofibromas extend beyond the nasopharynx usually, they rarely originate outside the nasopharynx. Reports of primary extranasopharyngeal angiofibromas have appeared sporadically in the literature. The maxillary sinus is the most common site involved, while the inferior turbinate represents an extremely rare localization. We report a case of angiofibroma which arising from the tail of the inferior turbinate in the right nasal cavity.