Diagnosis and treatment of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma: presentation of two cases

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is the most common locally aggressive benign tumor of the nasopharynx, presenting with an incidence in male adolescents of up to 1:150,000. The main symptoms of JNA include epistaxis and progressive nasal obstruction. Its diagnosis is based on clinical and radiologic findings. Open or endoscopic surgery is the treatment of choice and its rate of recurrence ranges from 13% to 46%. Two 13-year-old male patients presented with a history of progressive nasal obstruction and recurrent epistaxis.
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Source Type: research