Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma

Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
Other namesJuvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma[1][2]
Micrograph of a nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. H&E stain.
SpecialtyENT surgery

Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is an angiofibroma also known as juvenile nasal angiofibroma, fibromatous hamartoma, and angiofibromatous hamartoma of the nasal cavity.[3] It is a 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. Though it is a benign tumor, it is locally invasive and can invade the nose, cheek, orbit (frog face deformity), or brain.[4]

  1. ^ 00021 at CHORUS
  2. ^ "Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
  3. ^ Li W, Ni Y, Lu H, Hu L, Wang D (June 2019). "Current perspectives on the origin theory of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma". Discovery Medicine. 27 (150): 245–254. PMID 31421693.
  4. ^ Raphael Rubin; David S. Strayer; Emanuel Rubin (2008). Rubin's Pathology: clinicopathologic foundations of medicine. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 1071–. ISBN 978-0-7817-9516-6. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
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