Advanced juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) (i.e. disease with intracranial extension) is reportedly uncommon. The optimum management form of such a clinical situation currently remains controversial. This review, of the recent English published literature, discusses the common JNA classification systems advocated, shows the advantages and disadvantages of surgical approaches used (both...

UNLABELLED Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare tumor in adolescent males. It originates in the nasopharynx. AIM To present the experience of JNA management at an Otorhinolaryngology Service between 2001 and 2008. MATERIALS AND METHODS Demographical data, clinical presentation, investigations as well as the treatment of sixteen JNA patients were reviewed and collected from m...

This prospective longitudinal study was done to determine extent of tumor and to highlight the importance of lateral rhinotomy approach for nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. Patients with a diagnosis of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma who underwent surgery in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu from April, 2004 to Jan 2009 were included in the study. Extent of tumour and surgi...