Radiation therapy as an alternative to surgery in the management of intracranial juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
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Radiation therapy as an alternative to surgery in the management of intracranial juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a benign, vascular tumor which typically presents in adolescent males. Although surgical resection is usually recommended for the management of this tumor, external beam radiation therapy has also been advocated in the literature. We report three cases of large juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas with extensive intracranial extension primarily managed w...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0165-5876
DOI: 10.1016/0165-5876(93)90146-t