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Kim, Lee, Kwon, Kim, and Rho: Pedunculated Angioleiomyoma of the Nasopharynx: A Case Report
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Head and Neck Radiology
Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology 2012; 66(4): 317-320.

Published online: 30 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.0000/jksr.2012.66.4.317

Pedunculated Angioleiomyoma of the Nasopharynx: A Case Report

Dong Eun Kim, MD1, Sang Kwon Lee, MD2, Sun Young Kwon, MD3, Sang Pyo Kim, MD3, Byung Hak Rho, MD2

1Department of Otolaryngology, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

2Department of Radiology, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

3Department of Pathology, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

Corresponding author: Sang Kwon Lee, MD. Department of Radiology, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 56 Dalseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu 700-712, Korea. Tel. 82-53-250-7735, Fax. 82-53-250-7766, sklee@dsmc.or.kr

Received 31 August 2011       Accepted 1 November 2011

Copyright © 2012 The Korean Society of Radiology

Abstract

Angioleiomyoma of the pharynx is extremely rare. We report a case of pedunculated angioleiomyoma originating from the posterior nasopharyngeal wall, in a 77-year-old man. Contrast-enhanced CT revealed a well-demarcated, smooth, spherical, pedunculated, solid mass with heterogeneous intense enhancement in the nasopharynx. As a result, nasopharyngeal angioleiomyoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of a pedunculated, solid nasopharyngeal mass with heterogeneous intense enhancement.

Keywords: Nasopharynx, Angioleiomyoma, Computed Tomography, X-Ray

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