Juvenile Angiofibroma with Intracranial Extension
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Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma with intradural extension.
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...
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INTRODUCTION Although it is a rare neoplasm, juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, with the potential for intracranial extension. Surgical excision is the main treatment. The external approach has largely been replaced by the endoscopic approach in small lesions, and it can be used as a complement in more advanced cases. However, th...
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Recognized since ancient times by Hippocrates, juvenile angiofibroma is an uncommon, benign and extremely vascular tumour that arises in the tissues within the sphenopalatine foramen. Rarely, it is found at other sites in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Juvenile angiofibroma accounts for less than 0.5 percent of all head and neck tumours. It develops almost exclusively in adolescent mal...
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Review of the literature was performed to define the optimal treatment of patients with juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA). The prognosis for this disease is extremely good if diagnosed well in time and if the tumor has not extended intracranially. Preoperative selective arterial embolization has decreased intraoperative blood loss and facilitated resection of larger tumors. Transnasal ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0194-5998,1097-6817
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.06.718