Anomalies in juvenile angiofibroma’s blood supply as a poor prognostic factor – a case report

Witold Szyfter; Maciej Tokarski; Agata Buczkowska

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Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery

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Anomalies in juvenile angiofibroma’s blood supply as a poor prognostic factor – a case report

Witold Szyfter

,

Maciej Tokarski

,

Agata Buczkowska

Postępy w Chirurgii Głowy i Szyi 2015; 1: 1–5

Online publish date: 2015/07/09

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Juvenile angiofibroma receives its blood supply mainly from the external carotid artery, therefore cases with an additional intracranial blood vessels are rare phenomena. This study shows a case of a patient with extraanatomical vessels from the internal carotid artery. This kind of anatomical abnormalities increase the risk of surgical complications, recurrence of the tumor and forces the surgeon to carefully plan the procedure with all the following consequences.

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Anomalies in juvenile angiofibroma’s blood supply as a poor prognostic factor – a case report

Witold Szyfter , Maciej Tokarski , Agata Buczkowska

juvenile angiofibroma, internal carotid artery, abnormal arteries, angiography

Witold Szyfter

,

Maciej Tokarski

,

Agata Buczkowska