Abstract
Endoscopic Excision of Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma: A Case Series
Highlights
Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare, benign, and highly vascular and locally aggressive tumor that accounts for 0.05% to 0.5% of all head and neck neoplasms generally seen in prepubertal and mainly targeted to male adolescence [1,2,3,4,5,6]
The tumor originates from the superior edge of the sphenopalatine foramen and advances submucosally, through natural ostia, along canals and nerves and by bone erosion to the infratemporal fossa, pterygoid canal, parasellar region, sphenoid basis and the orbit [1,4,5,6]
This is a retrospective review of six patients with JNA cases presented to our centre from 2010 till 2017
Summary
Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare, benign, and highly vascular and locally aggressive tumor that accounts for 0.05% to 0.5% of all head and neck neoplasms generally seen in prepubertal and mainly targeted to male adolescence [1,2,3,4,5,6]. The tumor originates from the superior edge of the sphenopalatine foramen and advances submucosally, through natural ostia, along canals and nerves and by bone erosion to the infratemporal fossa, pterygoid canal, parasellar region, sphenoid basis and the orbit [1,4,5,6]. Despite its benign nature, JNA should be treated as radically as possible to prevent recurrence which is reported to be between 23 and 27.5% [1,5].
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