Abstract:Background: Juvenile angiofibroma is an uncommon, benign and extremely vascular tumor that presents as recurrent severe epistaxis with or without nasal obstruction in adolescent males. It is believed to arise from the posterolateral wall of the nasal cavity at the level of the sphenopalatine foramen. This typically produces characteristic radiological appearance that often renders biopsy unnecessary. However absence of classical radiological features can lead to misdiagnosis and inadvertent life threatening in… Show more
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