Objective: To present our experience with 24 patients of Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma who underwent surgical resection. Design: A descriptive study Setting: Department of ENT, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar. Patients and methods: This study included 24 consecutive cases of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma over a period of 5 years. All patients were admitted. Detailed H...

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare benign tumor that clinically manifested by epistaxis, usually occurs in males aged 9–27 years and accounts for approximately 0.5% of all head neck tumors. The article presents historical data on the diagnosis treatment JNA. Modern views etiology JNA are also represented. development such areas medicine as anesthesiology (intubation, adequate ...

A 16-year-old male presented with a massive nasopharyngeal angiofibroma arising in the nasopharynx, nasal cavity, pterygopalatine fossa, and infratemporal fossa, and eroding the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone. Neuroimaging showed the tumor had infiltrated the parasellar region from the middle cranial fossa and reached the cavernous sinus. The tumor was almost completely removed macrosco...

Sinonasal tumors may grow to considerable size before presentation and in view of their relation to the base of skull, orbit, cranial nerves and vital vessels; a precise diagnostic and therapeutic planning is needed to achieve the optimal results. We report a case who presented with unilateral nasal blockage, rhinorrhea and episodes of epistaxis which diagnosed as sinonasal inverted papilloma a...

angiofibromas are the most common benign tumors of the nasopharynx, intracranial extension has been reported in approximately 20-25% of cases. intracranial extension may be difficult to treat because of poor exposure that may lead to recurrence. a 16-year-old male patient presented with a 6-month history of nasal obstruction, intermittent epistaxis, right superior orbital fissure syndrome, and ...