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In a case of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma a peroperative transarterial embolization of the main feeding artery was used to minimize blood loss during surgery. Embolization and surgical technique as well as morphological tumor aspects are discussed.
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Edner, G., Anniko, M., Hindmarsch, T. et al. Balloon embolization of the sphenopalatine artery in a case of a juvenile angiofibroma. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 234, 225–233 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00464326
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