new clinic visits. As with other neoplasms of the nasopharynx it is more common in Egypt and Southeast Asia. There have been few of these tumours recorded in the Negro race. It has long been associated with a predilection for pubescent males, and our four patients were all males in the juvenile age group, their ages ranging from ten to sixteen years. However, various reports in the literature, ...

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a benign, highly vascular, and locally invasive tumor. Because the location of these tumors makes conventional surgery difficult, interest in endoscopic resection is increasing, particularly for the treatment of lesions that do not extend laterally into the infratemporal fossa. We report the results of our series of 23 patients with JNA (stage IIB o...

Cellular angiofibroma (CA) is an uncommon benign soft tissue tumor and typically arises in genitourinary region. There are only three reported cases at the head neck region to best of our knowledge; two different sites eyelid buccal mucosa.

OBJECTIVE To analyze the long-term effects of the Le Fort I osteotomy approach for the resection of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) on maxillary growth and dental sensation. DESIGN Prospective collection of structured data. SETTING Tertiary care academic teaching hospital. PATIENTS Between 1993 and 1998, 5 adolescents (aged 10-14 years) constituted the evaluable cohort among 14...

1 MD. Otorhinolaryngologist. Graduate Student Otorhinolaryngology Program Medical School of the University of São Paulo. 2 MD. Otorhinolaryngologist. Graduate Student Otorhinolaryngology Program Medical School of the University of São Paulo. 3 MD. 3rd-year resident in Otorhinolaryngology Medical School of the University of São Paulo. 4 MD. Neurosurgeon. Assistant Physician Neurosurgery Departme...

Introduction: In the surgical management of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas the possibility of recurrences and residual tumours is always there. This study was undertaken to predict the prognostic factors determining recurrence of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma and to find out the usual sites

Nasopharyngeal masses in the pediatric population are quite rare, and the majority of these are benign. In adolescent boys, there should be a high index of suspicion for juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas. When malignant, the most common lesions encountered are rhabdomyosarcomas, carcinomas, and lymphomas. We report a single case from a tertiary care institution of an adolescent male with an...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Society of Anaesthesiologist [1]. Video laryngoscopes have high percentages of Cormack-Lehane grades 1 and 2 in patients with predicted difficult airways and high successful intubation rate [2]. It is indicated for intubation in awake patient when there are suspected difficult conventional laryngoscopy and intubation or difficult bag and mask ventil...