Application of potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) laser in the excision of pyriform fossa hemangioma

Hazarika, Produl; Pillai, Suresh; Jacob, Sherry Miriam; Punnoose, Seema Elina; Roy, Alfred

doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.07.016

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Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 136-138, March 2006

Application of potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) laser in the excision of pyriform fossa hemangioma

Produl Hazarika, MS, DLO, FACS, FRCS (Edin), FIAO
- Department of E.N.T., Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
- Corresponding author. Department of E.N.T. and P.G. Studies, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal - 576 104, Karnataka, India. Tel.: +91 820 2571201x22346, +91 820 2571201x22304.
Suresh Pillai, DNB
- Department of E.N.T., Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
- Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
Sherry Miriam Jacob, MS
- Department of E.N.T., Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
- Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
Seema Elina Punnoose, MBBS
- Department of E.N.T., Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
- Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
Alfred Roy, MD
- Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India

Received 18 February 2005

Abstract

Pyriform fossa hemangioma, especially of the cavernous type, is a rare case and very few such lesions have been encountered in general otolaryngological practice. We report such a lesion in a 36-year-old, middle-aged woman presenting with complaint of foreign body sensation in the throat. Examination revealed a hemangioma in the right pyriform fossa that was successfully managed using KTP-532 laser and bipolar cautery.