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Vallecular Neurofibroma Successfully Managed with Endoscopic Assisted Coblation: A Novel Technique

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Although solitary neurofibroma can affect the various subsites of the head and neck region, oropharyngeal neurofibroma is very rare and total five cases (four in the soft palate and one in the palatine tonsil) have been reported. Here we present a 42-year old female patient presented to the out patient department with respiratory obstruction and voice change for 3 months. Complete excision of the mass was achieved by endoscopic coablation and which was confirmed to be a neurofibroma.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751019, India

    Sidharth Pradhan, Pradeep Pradhan, C. Preetam & Pradipta Parida

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751019, India

    Swagatika Samal

  3. Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751019, India

    Pradeep Pradhan

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The procedure performed in the study involving human participant was in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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Written informed consent has been taken from the patient prior to the surgery and same has been informed to the institute reviewer board. No part of the body has been demonstrated in the case report without the permission of the concerned patient.

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Pradhan, S., Samal, S., Pradhan, P. et al. Vallecular Neurofibroma Successfully Managed with Endoscopic Assisted Coblation: A Novel Technique. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 71, 282–283 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-018-1440-2

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