title: Intranasal endoscopic excision of a juvenile angiofibroma.
abstract: Intranasal endoscopic excision of a juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) was performed in a 13 year old white male. The patient remains disease-free 24 months after the operation. Although endoscopic surgical techniques have been applied to the therapy of some benign nasal tumors, such as inverting papilloma, endoscopic resection of a documented JNA has not been previously reported. This technique is reserved for tumors which are limited to the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses with minimal extension into the pterygopalatine fossa.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Mitskavich
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Carrau
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Snyderman
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fagan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed