title: Horizontal maxillary osteotomy approach for resection of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
abstract: Juvenile angiofibroma is a benign fibroangiomatous tumor of relatively rare occurrence, developing most frequently in male adolescents. It has local characteristics of aggressiveness and expansion. The treatment of choice is surgical excision. In this article, the advantages and disadvantages of the surgical technique using the Le Fort I osteotomy are described, and the literature correlated with 2 case reports.
authors.affiliation: PontifÌcia Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. rafael.ctbmf@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Rafael Linard
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Avelar
authors.forename: Thiago
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Santana Santos
authors.forename: Antonio Azoubel
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: Edwaldo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dourado
authors.forename: José Rodrigues Laureano
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Filho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed