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==Diagnostic Findings==
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Revision as of 00:14, 9 March 2009

Angiofibroma
CT: Angiofibroma. Skull base invasion.
Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology
ICD-O: Template:ICDO
MeSH D018322

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Overview

Angiofibromas are small, reddish brown or even flesh-colored, smooth, shiny, 0.1- to 0.3cm papules present over the sides of the nose and the medial portions of the cheeks.[1]

Diagnostic Findings

This angiofibroma consists of random proliferation of fibroblasts and small vessels (A). This figure also shows angioleiomyoma with multiple vessels within a stroma formed by bundles of benign smooth muscle (B) and angiolipoma, showing minute vessels and slips of vessel wall within mature adipose tissue (C).


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References

  1. Freedberg, et. al. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). Page 994. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0071380760.

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