Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. An unusual presentation as an oral mass.
Although juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNAF) usually presents as a mass in the nasopharynx, the primary manifestation may, in rare instances, occur intraorally. We observed such a case in a 12-year-old boy. The clinical finding of hemorrhage from the nasopharynx or contiguous areas in a male adolescent is an important diagnostic clue which should alert the clinician to the possibility of JNAF as the underlying cause.
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis; D006472:Oral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis