Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Av. Manuel Siurot s/n, Seville, Spain.
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2010 Oct;39(10):1024-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2010.04.044. Epub 2010 May 26.
Giant cell angiofibroma was first described as a distinctive orbital soft-tissue tumour in male adults; it is now recognized that this mesenchymal tumour can present in other anatomical regions. In this article, a case of giant cell angiofibroma of parapharyngeal space in a 25-year-old woman is described. Clinicopathologic features of this tumour are reviewed. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of giant cell angiofibroma arising in the parapharyngeal space.
巨细胞血管纤维瘤最初被描述为男性成年人中一种独特的眼眶软组织肿瘤；现在已经认识到这种间叶性肿瘤可以出现在其他解剖部位。本文描述了一例发生于 25 岁女性咽旁间隙的巨细胞血管纤维瘤病例。复习了该肿瘤的临床病理特征。据作者所知，这是首例发生于咽旁间隙的巨细胞血管纤维瘤报道。
