Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma arising in the ethmoid sinus of an 8-year-old girl with severe epistaxis

Head and Neck

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 761-764

  Birchler, Manfred T ^a   Schmid, Stephan ^b   Holzmann, David ^b   Stallmach, Thomas ^b   Gysin, Claudine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Embolization; Endoscopic endonasal surgery; Epistaxis; External ethmoidectomy; Hemangioendothelioma; Kaposiform

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EPISTAXIS; ETHMOID SINUS; ETHMOID SINUS TUMOR; ETHMOIDECTOMY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; KAPOSIFORM HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; MAXILLARY ARTERY; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH;

CHILD; EPISTAXIS; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746343076     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20414     Document Type: Article

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