title: Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma.
abstract: A 9 year old male presented with nasal obstruction and recurrent, unprovoked epistaxis for 1 week. Imaging revealed a highly vascular mass in the nasopharynx. The feeding vessels were subsequently embolized and the mass was removed completely. Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a benign but locally invasive tumor accounting for about 0.05% of all head and neck tumors. Patients usually present with nasal obstruction and epistaxis. The tumor can however be extensive on presentation with intra orbital and intra cranial extension. The treatment is surgical removal of the tumor and the approach depends on the size of the tumor by either endoscopic or open approach.
authors.affiliation: *Department of ENT and Head & Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pillaiyarkuppam †Dr Smilez Dental Clinic, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: Satvinder S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bakshi
authors.forename: Sumita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
mesh_terms: D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery