Word: angiofibroma
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...TUMORS. A noncancerous but far from benign tumor is the angiofibroma, which develops in the nasal passages and equips itself with a huge blood supply. When the tumor is removed by ordinary surgery, patients lose an average three pints of blood; some have lost as much as eight, and died on the operating table. At the University of Michigan, Dr. Walter Work and Dr. Mansfield F. W. Smith pioneered a cryo-surgical technique for the removal of angiofibromas with negligible bleeding...
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