title: Juvenile angiofibroma of the maxillary sinus.
abstract: Primary extra-nasopharyngeal sites of angiofibromas are extremely unusual. We describe a rare case of extra-nasopharyngeal angiofibroma in a one year old child arising from the left maxilla and indirectly involving the lacrimal system. The initial presentation was of a swelling in the region of the left medial canthus. Only four cases of extra-nasopharyngeal angiofibromas in children below the age of two have been described. We review the literature on what is known about extra-nasopharyngeal angiofibromas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Great Ormand Street Hospital for Children, London, WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom. panesarhome@aol.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Panesar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vadgama
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Ramsay
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Hartley
mesh_terms: D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012008:Recurrence