[Use of current radiation techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of juvenile angiofibromas of the nasopharynx]

Vestn Rentgenol Radiol. 2003 Jan-Feb:(1):26-31.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

In 1992-2001 seventeen patients with juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas (JNAs) were treated at Krasnoyarsk Territorial Clinical Hospital. The patients underwent a comprehensive diagnosis involving computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and angiography, followed by tumor vascular embolization. Later on JNAs were surgically removed in 14 patients, a course of radiation therapy was performed. In suspected JNA, the authors consider it necessary to concomitantly use CT, MRI, and angiography, which provides the most complete diagnostic picture of a pathological focus. X-ray endovascular occlusion considerably lowers blood loss, facilitates a complete angiofibroma removal, and affects the tolerability of radiation therapy in inoperable cases.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Angiofibroma / blood supply
  • Angiofibroma / diagnosis*
  • Angiofibroma / therapy*
  • Angiography
  • Carotid Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Child
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed