title: A giant juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
abstract: Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas are locally growing and highly vascular tumors. They are primarily treated through surgical excision ranging from an open approach to an endoscopic approach. We presented a 20-year-old man with a giant juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma that bilaterally obliterated the pterygopalatine fossa, invaded the sphenoid bone, and extended to the left nasal passage. His complaints were epistaxis and nasal obstruction. After embolization, the patient was treated surgically using the endoscopic approach and declared cured and discharged without any complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey. salimyucekbb@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Salim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yüce
authors.forename: Ismail Önder
authors.initials: IÖ
authors.lastname: Uysal
authors.forename: Mansur
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doğan
authors.forename: Kerem
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Salk
authors.forename: Suphi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Müderris
mesh_terms: D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000473:pathology; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000473:pathology; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D056739:Pterygopalatine Fossa / Q000473:pathology; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult