Juvenilní angiofibrom nosohltanu
| Title in English | Anglofibroma of Nasopharynx |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Otorinolaryngologie a foniatrie |
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| Citation | |
| Field | ORL, ophthalmology, stomatology |
| Keywords | juvenile angiofibroma; angiography; embolization; classification; endoscopic operation; lateral rhinotomy |
| Description | Eleven boys have been examined for juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma and subsequently operated on at the Child ORL Clinic in the 15-year period from 1999 till 2013. The age span was 13-18 years. Surgery was the primary treatment, which followed after angiography and embolization of supplying tumor vessels. The tumor was removed in nine patients by endoscopic operation, and in two patients an e approach for lateral rhinotomy was used. A residuum was detected in one patient during a control MR. The patients were regularly followed up in the postoperative periiod and a radiological examination, CT or MR was performed one year after the surgery. The overall period for which the patients were followed lasted 3.2 years on the average. |