Nguyen Davis B, Alex James C, Calhoun Benjamin
Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Section of Otolaryngology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn 06520, USA.
Ear Nose Throat J. 2004 Mar;83(3):183-4, 186.
Eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis (EAF) is a rare clinicopathologic entity that usually affects the upper respiratory tract. We describe the case of a 45-year-old man with nasal obstruction caused by EAF. His lesion featured the distinct radiologic and histopathologic characteristics of EAF, which include an onionskin and whorled fibrosis that surrounds the blood vessels and an inflammatory infiltrate that is predominated by eosinophils. The etiology of EAF remains unknown. Given our increasing knowledge of this rare entity, reports of EAF may appear more frequently in the future.
嗜酸性粒细胞性血管中心性纤维化(EAF)是一种罕见的临床病理实体,通常累及上呼吸道。我们描述了一例由EAF引起鼻塞的45岁男性病例。他的病变具有EAF独特的放射学和组织病理学特征,包括围绕血管的洋葱皮样和漩涡状纤维化以及以嗜酸性粒细胞为主的炎性浸润。EAF的病因尚不清楚。鉴于我们对这种罕见实体的认识不断增加,未来EAF的报告可能会更频繁地出现。