Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Radiofrequency-induced thermotherapy of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma and immunohistochemical analysis of vessel proliferation: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Radiofrequency-induced thermotherapy of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma and immunohistochemical analysis of vessel proliferation a case report Mira Krstulja 1 Milodar Kujundzic2 Adelaida Halaj3 Tamara Braut2 and Niko Cvjetkovic2 Address Department of Pathology School of Medicine University of Rijeka Brace Branchetta 51000 Rijeka Croatia 2Clinic for Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery School of Medicine University of Rijeka Brace Branchetta 51000 Rijeka Croatia and 3Clinical Department of Radiology School of Medicine University of Rijeka Brace Branchetta 51000 Rijeka Croatia Email Mira Krstulja - mirak@ Milodar Kujundzic - Adelaida Halaj- Tamara Braut - tamara_braut@ Niko Cvjetkovic - Corresponding author Published 16 August 2008 Received 30 December 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 278 doi 1752-1947-2-278 Accepted 16 August 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 278 2008 Krstulja et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Introduction Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma presents with symptoms of nasal obstruction and epistaxis. The treatment of choice is embolization followed by surgery. Case presentation A 52-year-old man underwent surgery for nasopharyngeal angiofibroma after adjuvant radiofrequency-induced thermotherapy. To the best of the authors knowledge this is the first case of angiofibroma with clinical follow-up after thermocoagulation therapy supported by quantitative double .
