Juvenile angiofibroma of the maxillary sinus. A case report

Atypical angiofibromas: a report of four cases

“…An AF should have one or more of the following characteristics to be named ''atypical'': different localization and origin [1,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12], atypical symptoms [13], different age distribution (younger than 7-year-old or older than 25-year-old) [4,6,[14][15][16], female sex [1,6,8,14,[17][18][19], atypical histopathology [3,7,12,15] and multifocal feature [16].…”

Extranasopharyneal Angiofibroma in an Adult: A Rare Presentation

“…Chakrabarty et al suggested that maxillary extra nasopharyngeal angiofibromas may be caused by unequal development of skull bones coupled with sex and age of puberty [7]. Windfurh et al reported swelling of cheek, epistaxis and nasal obstruction to the commonest presentation in maxillary sinus angifibromas [2]. However, our patient had no episode of nasal bleed.…”

“…On review of world literature we found 65 cases of extranasopharyngeal angiofibromas. Maxilla was the most common site, followed by ethmoids, nasal septum and nasal cavity [2]. A high level of suspicion is needed for prompt diagnosis and treatment of such lesions.…”

Rare Infratentorial and Supratentorial Localization of Juvenile Angiofibroma: A Case Report

“…However, radiotherapy of ENAs has only been described in 2 cases. Kitano et al [32] reported a maxillary angiofibroma which was treated with radiotherapy (20 Gy) after biopsy in order to shrink the tumor and manage profuse bleeding. Gudea et al [33] also described a case of a patient with ENA who underwent radiotherapy (40 Gy).…”