[Delay in sexual development secondary to juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma].
The angiofibroma of the nasopharynx is a benign tumor, sitting in the epipharynx of adolescents, but considered malignant owing to its local spreading power. Aside from the characteristics symptoms -nose bleeding and nasal obstruction- the A. of the paper has signaled a certain delay in the secondary sexual maturity of 2 of the 6 youth in all studied. In these 2 the tumor was detected at 9 and 12 years-of-age, respectively. Furthermore, these 2, showed destruction of inner structures of the nose when surgery was undertaken; adversely the other 4 showed normal inner nasal structures. The whole group was followed up for ten years, and only those 2 needed a treatment with chorionic gonadotrophin for the completeness of secondary sexual aspects.
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Servicio de Otorrinolaringologia, Hospital Regional de Villavicencio, Colombia.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000502:physiology*; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D011628:Puberty, Delayed / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin
Retraso del desarrollo sexual secundario en el angiofibroma nasofaríngeo juvenil.