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LESCAILLE TORRES, Juan Gualberto. Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2012, vol.28, n.2, pp. 87-92. ISSN 0864-2125.

It is presented a case of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma in a patient with this pathology, from the clicial practice No. 9, in Comprehensive Teaching Polyclinic "Carlos Manuel Portuondo" in Marianao. It recognizes the importance of a thorough clinical history and careful physical examination by the family physician and the otolaryngologist in this health area, including a posterior rhinoscopy, to diagnose this disease and to achieve early removal of the angiofibroma, by a surgical procedure. It was concluded that the clinical diagnosis corresponded to the histopathological diagnosis, and that early surgical treatment is resolute in this condition.

Palavras-chave : juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma; radiotherapy; nasopharyngeal tumor.

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