Intracranial juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
Eight cases of intracranial extensions of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas (JNA) are presented. These form 33% of the cases of JNA treated during a 5-year period (1988-93). A high incidence of visual complications in this stage of tumour is observed and the basis of this is discussed. Death results from serious complications of severe haemorrhage and cerebro-spinal fluid leak. The intradural intracranial extensions of the tumour warrant careful approach in terms of surgery, because of their greater risk for complications during the dissection.
Gupta
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Department of Otolaryngology, Port Moresby General Hospital, Boroko, Papua New Guinea.
Murthy
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D000293:Adolescent; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000601:surgery*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003906:Developing Countries; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*