Open AccessExtended osteoplastic maxillotomy for total excision of giant multicompartmental juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
Author(s) -
Santosh Koshy,
Mercy George,
Ashish Kumar Gupta,
Roy Thomas Daniel
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.44526
Subject(s) - juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma , medicine , craniotomy , angiofibroma , juvenile , surgery , skull , sinus (botany) , biology , genetics , botany , genus
Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare vascular neoplasm occurring almost exclusively in adolescent males. Although benign, it is often locally aggressive and can erode into surrounding tissues and structures resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. In 20% of cases, there is intracranial extension. In this paper, we report on the total excision of a large, recurrent JNA with intracranial extension into the middle cranial fossa encroaching into the cavernous sinus, by right temporal craniotomy and extended osteoplastic maxillotomy.