Interventional techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of nasopharyngeal angioifbroma
Zhang kehui
You longgui
Zhang xiaoan
Wang fuhua
Wang xintao
Liu yibing
Xiao daoxiong
Abstract：ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical value of interventional techniques including angiography,emboliza-tion and DSA in the treatment of nasopharyngeal hemangioma. MethodsTen patients with nasopharyngeal angiofibroma treated by selective arteriography and embolization were reviewed retrospectively. Also,10 patients treated only with simple oper-ative resection instead of emboligation were selected as control group.ResultsTen patients who underwent selective arte-riography and embolization obtained the correct diagnoses. The extent of lesion,the amount of vascularity,the nature of the feeding vessels,clear dynamic image and its characteristics were defined in all cases. The bleeding was significantly less during the operation in all cases than that of control group (400 vs 1000 ml,P<0.05)). There were no severe compli-cations during embolization and no recurrence after the operation. Two cases of recurrence occurred in control group.Conclusion DSA can be used to confirm the diagnosis prior to excision and to delineate the extent of the tumor. The preoperative embolization can significantly reduce the amount of bleeding during the opera-tion and improve the safety of operation.
Keywords：Interventional techniquesnasopharyngeal an-giofibroma
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 34-36 )