Article Text
Reminder of important clinical lesson
CASE REPORT
Massive juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma: ode to the open surgical approach
Summary
The management of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma has undergone a significant evolution, with more surgeons moving towards the minimal invasive endoscopic approaches. Although considered the standard of care by most, an endoscopic approach may not be sufficient for extensive tumours, as exemplified by the current case of a young man presenting with the largest juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma described in English literature until the present that was eventually excised via an anterior external approach.
- ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology
- head and neck surgery
- oral and maxillofacial surgery
- otolaryngology / ent