title: Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
abstract: Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas (JNAs) are rare, benign, highly vascular, locally aggressive tumors that primarily affect male adolescents. Historical treatment of these neoplasms has been primarily surgical. In the past decade, endoscopic resection of JNAs has become a viable and promising surgical treatment option. Endoscopic resection has many advantages over traditional open techniques, including better cosmesis, decreased blood loss, shortened hospital stays, and equivalent or improved recurrence rates. Emerging endoscopic technology continues to push the boundaries of resection of skull base tumors and will no doubt become the surgical treatment of choice for most JNAs in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 563 Boshell Building, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0012, USA.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blount
authors.forename: Kristen O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: Bradford A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Woodworth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D061345:Early Medical Intervention; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult