Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
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Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is an angiofibroma also known as juvenile nasal angiofibroma, fibromatous hamartoma, and angiofibromatous hamartoma of the nasal cavity.[3] It is a histologically benign but locally aggressive vascular tumor of the nasopharynx that arises from the superior margin of the sphenopalatine foramen and grows in the back of the nasal cavity. It most commonly affects adolescent males (because it is a hormone-sensitive tumor). Though it is a benign tumor, it is locally invasive and can invade the nose, cheek, orbit (frog face deformity), or brain.[4] Patients with nasopharyngeal angiofibroma usually present with one-sided nasal obstruction with profuse epistaxis.
Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma | |
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Other names | Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma[1][2] |
Micrograph of a nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. H&E stain. | |
Specialty | ENT surgery |