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- Title
Nasopharyngeal venous malformation: A rare condition managed with Nd:YAG laser.
- Authors
Lee, David R.; Richter, Gresham T.
- 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.
- Subjects
LASER therapy; BLOOD-vessel abnormalities; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX diseases; NOSE; RESPIRATORY obstructions; COMPUTER-assisted surgery
- Publication
Laryngoscope, 2015, Vol 125, Issue 10, p2405
- ISSN
0023-852X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/lary.25193