Sinonasal glomangiopericytoma treated with preoperative embolisation and endoscopic sinus surgery

Sinonasal glomangiopericytoma is a benign rare tumour of pericytes that accounts for less than 0.5% of all sinonasal tumours. It is an indolent tumour with a macroscopic appearance of common inflammatory polyps. We report the case of a 55-year-old male who presented with right nasal obstruction. CT...

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Published inEcancermedicalscience Vol. 10; p. 692
Main Authors Psoma, Elizabeth, Karkos, Petros D, Dova, Stamatia, Gavriilidis, Michail, Markou, Konstantinos, Kouskouras, Constantinos, Haritanti, Afroditi, Finitsis, Stefanos
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Cancer Intelligence 14.11.2016
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Case Report
Endoscopy
Family medical history
Medical imaging
Metastasis
NMR
Nose
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Otolaryngology
Patients
Surgery
Tumors
Veins & arteries
Greece
glomangiopericytoma
nose
endoscopic sinus surgery
sinus
embolization
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Summary:Sinonasal glomangiopericytoma is a benign rare tumour of pericytes that accounts for less than 0.5% of all sinonasal tumours. It is an indolent tumour with a macroscopic appearance of common inflammatory polyps. We report the case of a 55-year-old male who presented with right nasal obstruction. CT and MRI examinations demonstrated a soft-tissue mass that obstructed mainly the right nasal cavity. Biopsy revealed glomangiopericytoma. The tumour was treated with preoperative embolisation followed by complete endoscopic resection. Very few cases have been reported to be treated in this way.
ISSN:1754-6605
1754-6605
DOI:10.3332/ecancer.2016.692