Abstract
Background: The location of the tumor and its accompanying symptoms, which include substantial epistaxis and nasal obstruction, cause the Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma, a histologically and physiologically benign tumor with aggressive activity. Methods: The Otolaryngology & Head Neck Surgery division at Bangabandhu Shiekh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, and Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka carried out this retrospective cross-sectional study. The research was done in 2012, from February to November. 30 people made up the study's entire sample size. Result: The majority of individuals (54%) who have nasopharyngeal angiofibroma are between the ages of 16 and 20. People living in rural area (53.33%) are more sufferers from nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. The majority of patients have similar symptoms such epistaxis, nasal blockage, nasal discharge, anemia, and masses in the nasal cavity. Maximum (90%) has varying degree anaemia at presentation. All patient has soft tissue mass in Nasopharynx, half of the patient has pterygopalatine fossa extension at presentation. Maximum (56.66 %) patient admitted with stage II nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. Conclusion: It is necessary to acquire preoperative clinical staging and imaging parameters from data of one of the largest NA case series.
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