title: Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma treated with radiotherapy.
abstract: Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a rare, highly vascular, benign, locally aggressive tumor, affecting boys of adolescent age. The aggressiveness and high vascularity makes surgery and even a biopsy difficult in majority of cases. Although surgery is the treatment of choice in early cases, considerable debate exists regarding the treatment of advanced disease with intracranial extension. Radiotherapy provides a good response and also avoids surgery-associated morbidity. We are herewith reporting a case of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma who showed complete hemostasis and improvement in vision to radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, MS Ramaiah Teaching Hospital, Gokul, Bangalore, India. drjanakimg@gmail.com
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Janaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nirmala
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Rajeev
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome