Technique of extended transcranial approach for massive nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
Various surgical approaches have been described to deal with extensive nasopharyngeal angiofibromas. These lesions, particularly those with a large intracranial extension and involving the cavernous sinus, pose a formidable surgical challenge. An extended transcranial approach was employed to resect successfully 2 such lesions.
Department of Neurosurgery, K. E. M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
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D000293:Adolescent; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed