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Nasopharyngeal venous malformation: A rare condition managed with Nd:YAG laser.
- Source :
- Laryngoscope; Oct2015, Vol. 125 Issue 10, p2405-2407, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Venous malformations are benign but symptomatic vascular lesions of the head and neck that undergo soft tissue infiltration and relentless growth. Here we present a 31-year-old female referred for an obstructing and painful right posterior nasal mass. Flexible nasopharyngoscopy and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a 3 cm × 4 cm enhancing mucosal and submucosal venous malformation of the nasopharynx and oropharynx. Three staged episodes of transnasal endoscopically guided Nd:YAG laser therapy were performed with dramatic and sustained reduction in size and symptoms. No bleeding or complications occurred. Nd:YAG laser treatment of nasopharyngeal venous malformations is a safe and effective alternative to open surgical excision and sclerotherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0023852X
- Volume :
- 125
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Laryngoscope
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 109555197
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.25193